Measurement of chlorine concentrations at CdTe grain boundaries

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1655-1658

  Mao, Dan ^a   Wickersham, C E ^a   Gloeckler, Markus ^a  

^a FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; II VI semiconductor materials; mass spectroscopy; microscopy; photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CDTE; CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; II - VI SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84908459527     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2357258     Document Type: Article

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