Plasma cleaning of TCO surfaces prior to CdS/CdTe deposition

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 859-863

  Swanson, D E ^a   Lutze, R M ^a   Sampath, W S ^a   Williams, J D ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium Telluride; Cleaning; Photovoltaic cells; Plasma surface treatment; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; COATED SUBSTRATES; DEPOSITION SYSTEMS; FILL FACTOR; HOLLOW CATHODES; PLASMA CLEANERS; PLASMA CLEANING; PLASMA EXPOSURE; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CLEANING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMAS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE CLEANING; THIN FILMS;

PLASMA DEPOSITION;

EID: 84869451166     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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