Impact of CdTe surface composition on doping and device performance in close Space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-443

  Major, J D ^a,b   Proskuryakov, Y Y ^a   Durose, K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

admittance spectroscopy; CdTe; solar; thin film

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS; ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE; CDTE; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; PASSIVATION EFFECT; SOLAR; THERMAL ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SUBLIMATION; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84878169723     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1196     Document Type: Article

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