A possible way to reduce absorber layer thickness in thin film CdTe solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 535, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-236

  Krishnakumar, V ^a   Barati, A ^a   Schimper, H J ^a   Klein, A ^a   Jaegermann, W ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdCl2 activation; CdTe; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CDTE; CLOSE SPACED SUBLIMATION; DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COST REDUCTION; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS;

EID: 84878201428     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.11.085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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