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Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Bosio, A., & Romeo, N. (2005). Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices. Applied Physics Letters, 87(25), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149990

A comparison of as-grown and processed CdTe/CdS solar cell structures deposited on sapphire substrate has been undertaken with those grown on glass. The device structures were depth-profiled using quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry. It was... Read More about Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices.

The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Romeo, N., & Bosio, A. (2005). The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics, 97(11), Article 114910. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1921344

We report a systematic multielement study of impurities in CdS window layers by dynamic and quantitative secondary-ion-mass spectrometry (SIMS) with high depth resolution. The study was carried out on CdTe/CdS solar cell structures, with the glass su... Read More about The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells.

A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Romeo, N., Bosio, A., & Halliday, D. (2005). A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 20(5), 434-442. https://doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/20/5/019

Quantitative, dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) combined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) was used to study the origin and distribution of impurities in CdTe/CdS/In2O3:F/glass solar cell structures. Particular em... Read More about A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures.

Impurity analysis of CdCl₂ used for thermal activation of CdTe-based solar cells (2004)
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Emziane, M., Ottley, C., Durose, K., & Halliday, D. (2004). Impurity analysis of CdCl₂ used for thermal activation of CdTe-based solar cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 37(21), 2962-2965. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/37/21/004

We present an impurity analysis of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Six batches of CdCl2 with different nominal purity ranging from 99.999% to 95% were analysed. Each batch turned out to be different in ter... Read More about Impurity analysis of CdCl₂ used for thermal activation of CdTe-based solar cells.

The effect of the wall contact and post-growth cool-down on defects in CdTe crystals grown by 'contactless' physical vapour transport (2003)
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Palosz, W., Grasza, K., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Boyall, N., Dudley, M., …Cai, L. (2003). The effect of the wall contact and post-growth cool-down on defects in CdTe crystals grown by 'contactless' physical vapour transport. Journal of Crystal Growth, 254(3-4), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0248%2803%2901183-7

A series of cadmium telluride crystals grown by physical vapour transport without contact with the ampoule walls and cooled at different rates were characterized using synchrotron X-ray topography, photoluminescence, and chemical etching. Strain from... Read More about The effect of the wall contact and post-growth cool-down on defects in CdTe crystals grown by 'contactless' physical vapour transport.

Photoluminescence studies of CdS/CdTe solar cells treated with oxygen (2003)
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Hernandez-Fenollosa, M., Halliday, D., Durose, K., Campo, M., & Beier, J. (2003). Photoluminescence studies of CdS/CdTe solar cells treated with oxygen. Thin Solid Films, 431, 176-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-6090%2803%2900238-4

In this work we have used low temperature photoluminescence (PL) to study a set of CdS/CdTe solar cells grown by close space sublimation. The samples were given a post-growth treatment at 390 °C with HCl in a varying partial pressure of oxygen of up... Read More about Photoluminescence studies of CdS/CdTe solar cells treated with oxygen.