Resetting the defect chemistry in CdTe

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Metzger, Wyatt K ^a   Burst, James ^a   Albin, David ^a   Colegrove, Eric ^a   Moseley, John ^a   Duenow, Joel ^a   Farrell, Stuart ^a   Moutinho, Helio ^a   Reese, Matt ^a   Johnston, Steve ^a   Barnes, Teresa ^a   Perkins, Craig ^a   Guthrey, Harvey ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cadmium compounds; carrier concentration CdTe; charge carrier lifetime; photovoltaic cells; solar cells; tellurium; thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; CHARGE CARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TELLURIUM; THIN FILMS;

CDTE; DEFECT CHEMISTRY; EFFICIENCY GAIN; GRAIN-BOUNDARY RECOMBINATION; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE-SI; RECORD EFFICIENCIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84961627612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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