Effects of Cu diffusion from ZnTe:Cu/Ti contacts on carrier lifetime of CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gessert, T A ^a   Metzger, W K ^a   Asher, S E ^a   Young, M R ^a   Johnston, S ^a   Dhere, R G ^a   Moriarty, T ^a   Duda, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS/CDTE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; CONTACT TEMPERATURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVICES; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COPPER;

EID: 84879713317     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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