Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-38

  Williams, B L ^a,d   Major, J D ^a   Bowen, L ^b   Phillips, L ^a   Zoppi, G ^c   Forbes, I ^c   Durose, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back contact; CdTe; Interdiffusion; Optimisation; Substrate; Thin film

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893978867     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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