Progress towards 14% efficient CdTe solar cells in substrate configuration

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1644-1648

  Kranz, Lukas ^a   Schmitt, Rafael ^a   Gretener, Christina ^a   Perrenoud, Julian ^a   Pianezzi, Fabian ^a   Uhl, Alexander R ^a   Keller, Debora ^a   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat treatment; II VI semiconductor materials; Solar energy; Thin film devices

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TREATMENT; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE PROPERTIES; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE; II - VI SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; JUNCTION FORMATION; JUNCTION PROPERTIES; PINHOLE FORMATION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84896470600     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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