Stable CdTe solar cell with V2O5 as a back contact buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 500-508

  Shen, Kai ^a   Yang, Ruilong ^a   Wang, Dezhao ^a   Jeng, Mingjer ^c   Chaudhary, Sumit ^d   Ho, Kaiming ^a   Wang, Deliang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Back contact; CdTe; Interfacial layer; Solar cell; V2O5

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; GOLD; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

BACK CONTACT; CDTE; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; INTERFACIAL LAYER; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84945206172     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.09.036     Document Type: Article

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