Electron and hole drift mobility measurements on thin film CdTe solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Long, Qi ^a   Dinca, Steluta A ^a   Schiff, E A ^a   Yu, Ming ^b   Theil, Jeremy ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DRIFT MOBILITIES; ELECTRON DRIFT MOBILITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY CELLS; HOLE DRIFT-MOBILITY; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; VAPOR-PHASE TREATMENT;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 84904994270     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4891846     Document Type: Article

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