The current state of knowledge on the impact of grain boundaries in CdTe solar cells is
reviewed with emphasis being placed on working cell structures. The role of the chemical …

Thin film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells are the basis of a rapidly expanding
technology with major commercial impact on solar energy production. As the leading …

This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device
aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on …

In developing photovoltaic devices with high efficiencies, quantitative determination of the
carrier loss is crucial. In conventional solar-cell characterization techniques, however …

The superior performance of certain polycrystalline (PX) solar cells compared to that of
corresponding single‐crystal ones has been an enigma until recently. Conventional …

Grain boundaries (GBs) are crucial for solar cells incorporating polycrystalline absorbers
and particularly for those characterized by small grain sizes (≈ 2 µm). For example, random …

Проанализирован текущий статус и будущие развитие солнечной энергетики как
одной из наиболее быстро растущих отраслей промышленности в настоящее время …

The principal techniques used in the physical characterization of thin‐film solar cells and
materials are reviewed, these being scanning probe microscopy (SPM), X‐ray diffraction …

The local collection characteristics of grain interiors and grain boundaries in thin-film CdTe
polycrystalline solar cells are investigated using scanning photocurrent microscopy. The …

Device grade polycrystalline CdTe films, grown by rf-sputtering (yielding up to 13% efficient
devices) and close-spaced sublimation (CSS)(yielding up to 16% efficient devices), have …