Direct evidence of enhanced chlorine segregation at grain boundaries in polycrystalline CdTe thin films via three-dimensional TOF-SIMS imaging

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 838-846

  Harvey, Steven P ^a   Teeter, Glenn ^a   Moutinho, Helio ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdCl2; CdTe; defect passivation; grain boundary; passivation; segregation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHLORINE; DEPTH PROFILING; FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PASSIVATION; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLAR CELLS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CDCL2; CDTE; CHLORINE CONCENTRATION; DEFECT PASSIVATION; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; LATERAL RESOLUTION; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETERS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84931569077     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2498     Document Type: Article

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