The use of Corning® Willow™ glass for flexible CdTe solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1649-1652

  Rance, W L ^a   Burst, J M ^a   Reese, M O ^a   Meysing, D M ^b   Wolden, C A ^b   Gessert, T A ^a   Garner, S ^c   Cimo, P ^c   Barnes, T M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c Science and Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

II VI semiconductor materials; Photovoltaic cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; GLASS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CLOSE SPACED SUBLIMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; II - VI SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; PROCESSING STEPS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84896477482     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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