CdTe thin-film solar cells with cobalt-phthalocyanine back contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Paudel, Naba R ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COBALT; COPPER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TESTING;

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; BACK CONTACT; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; FILL FACTOR; OPEN CIRCUITS; SMALL AREA; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

GOLD;

EID: 84899030282     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4871093     Document Type: Article

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