A low-cost non-toxic post-growth activation step for CdTe solar cells

J. D. Major (), R. E. Treharne, L. J. Phillips and K. Durose
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J. D. Major: School of Physical Sciences, Chadwick Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
R. E. Treharne: School of Physical Sciences, Chadwick Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
L. J. Phillips: School of Physical Sciences, Chadwick Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
K. Durose: School of Physical Sciences, Chadwick Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 511, issue 7509, 334-337

Abstract: MgCl2 is shown to be a cheap and non-toxic replacement for the costly and environmentally unfriendly salt CdCl2 that has long been used as the ‘activation’ step in the production of cadmium telluride solar cells.

Date: 2014
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