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NH 4 Cl Alternative to the CdCl 2 Treatment Step for CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells (2014)
Journal Article
Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Treharne, R. E., Phillips, L. J., & Durose, K. (2015). NH 4 Cl Alternative to the CdCl 2 Treatment Step for CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5(1), 386-389. https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2014.2362296

The CdCl 2 treatment is a key step in CdTe solar cell fabrication. However, despite its near ubiquitous use, the process is nonideal as CdCl 2 is both expensive and potentially hazardous to utilize in processing. In this paper, we report on the devel... Read More about NH 4 Cl Alternative to the CdCl 2 Treatment Step for CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells.

Assessment of photovoltaic junction position using combined focused ion beam and electron beam-induced current analysis of close space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells (2014)
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Major, J. D., Bowen, L., Treharne, R., & Durose, K. (2014). Assessment of photovoltaic junction position using combined focused ion beam and electron beam-induced current analysis of close space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 22(10), 1096-1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2507

A major limitation of the cross‐section electron beam‐induced current method—the use of roughly fractured surfaces to provide the cross‐section—has been overcome with the use of focused ion beam microscope sample preparation. Using this method, it wa... Read More about Assessment of photovoltaic junction position using combined focused ion beam and electron beam-induced current analysis of close space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells.

A gradient of matrix-bound FGF-2 and perlecan is available to lens epithelial cells (2014)
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Wu, W., Tholozan, F., Goldberg, M., Bowen, L., Wu, J., & Quinlan, R. (2014). A gradient of matrix-bound FGF-2 and perlecan is available to lens epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 120, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2013.12.004

Fibroblast growth factors play a key role in regulating lens epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation via an anteroposterior gradient that exists between the aqueous and vitreous humours. FGF-2 is the most important for lens epithelial cell... Read More about A gradient of matrix-bound FGF-2 and perlecan is available to lens epithelial cells.

Novel TEM sample preparation using XeF2 selective Etching (2014)
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Ambrosini, S. F., Bowen, L., Mendis, B., Cirlin, G., Bouravleuv, A., Gallant, A., …Zeze, D. (2014). Novel TEM sample preparation using XeF2 selective Etching. MRS proceedings, 1659, 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.209

We present a new approach to prepare Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) nanowire (NW) samples that addresses the core drawbacks of conventional techniques, which are based on mechanical polishing. The proposed method is time efficient and uses Xe... Read More about Novel TEM sample preparation using XeF2 selective Etching.

Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils (2014)
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Williams, B., Major, J., Bowen, L., Phillips, L., Zoppi, G., Forbes, I., & Durose, K. (2014). Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 124, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.017

ITO/ZnO/CdS/CdTe/Mo solar cells have been grown in the substrate configuration by a combination of close-space sublimation and RF sputtering. A peak efficiency of 8.01% was achieved. A two stage CdCl2 annealing process was developed, with the first s... Read More about Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils.