Varying cadmium telluride growth temperature during deposition to increase solar cell reliability

Albin, David S.; Johnson, James Neil; Zhao, Yu; Korevaar, Bastiaan Arie

Title: Varying cadmium telluride growth temperature during deposition to increase solar cell reliability

Patent · Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1248821

Albin, David S.; Johnson, James Neil; Zhao, Yu; Korevaar, Bastiaan Arie

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

Patent Number(s):: 9,324,898

Application Number:: 14/036,229

OSTI ID:: 1248821

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Sep 25

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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