High quality 1 μm thick CdTe absorber layers grown by magnetron sputtering for solar cell application

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Islam, M A ^a   Huda, Q ^a   Hossain, M S ^a   Aliyu, M M ^a   Karim, M R ^b   Sopian, K ^a   Amin, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CdTe thin films; Film quality; Solar cells; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GLASS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; CDTE; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FILM QUALITY; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84890460787     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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