Improved CdTe solar-cell performance by plasma cleaning the TCO layer

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 838-842

  Swanson, Drew E ^a   Geisthardt, Russell M ^b   McGoffin, J Tyler ^b   Williams, John D ^a   Sites, James R ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride (CdTe); cleaning transparent conductive oxide (TCO); photovoltaic (PV) cells; plasma cleaning; thin films

Indexed keywords

CDTE LAYERS; CELL VOLTAGES; FABRICATION SYSTEMS; HOLLOW CATHODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PLASMA CLEANING; PLASMA EXPOSURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CLEANING; CYTOLOGY; PLASMAS; THIN FILMS;

CELLS;

EID: 84875625219     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2244163     Document Type: Article

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