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Cadmium chloride assisted re-crystallization of CdTe: The effect of the annealing temperature

Abbas et al., 2013

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3978359618970083190
Author
Abbas A
West G
Bowers J
Kaminski P
Maniscalco B
Walls J
Sampath W
Barth K
Publication year
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2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)

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The aim of this investigation is to apply advanced microstructural characterization techniques to study the effects of varying the cadmium chloride annealing temperature on the microstructure of cadmium telluride solar cells deposited by close spaced sublimation …
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