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Effects of Cu Diffusion from ZnTe [electronic resource] : Cu/Ti Contacts on Carrier Lifetime of CdS/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Preprint.

Pv; Carrier Lifetime; Thin Film; Solar Cells; Time-Resolved Photoluminescence; High-Performance Device; Optimum Temperature; Solar Energy - Photovoltaics.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Online Access (via OSTI)
Corporate Author:	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) (Researcher)
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy. ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 2008.
Subjects:	Carrier Lifetime. Diffusion. Performance. Solar Cells. Thin Films. Solar Energy. Materials Science.

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Summary:	Pv; Carrier Lifetime; Thin Film; Solar Cells; Time-Resolved Photoluminescence; High-Performance Device; Optimum Temperature; Solar Energy - Photovoltaics.
Abstract:	We study the performance of CdS/CdTe thin film PV devices processed with a ZnTe:Cu/Ti contact to investigate how carrier lifetime in the CdTe layer is affected by Cu diffusion from the contact.
Item Description:	Published through SciTech Connect. 05/01/2008. "nrel/cp-520-42558" ISSN 0160--8371. Presented at the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 11-16 May 2008, San Diego, California. Gessert, T. A.; Metzger, W. K.; Asher, S. E.; Young, M. R.; Johnston, S.; Dhere, R. G.; Duda, A.
Physical Description:	8 pp. : digital, PDF file.