CdTe Solar Cells (IMAGE)

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

CdTe Solar Cells

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This shows the CdTe solar cells on a flexible metal foil (left) and electron microscopy (EM) image of the solar cell structure in the substrate configuration (right) with front electrical contact (uppermost layer), central CdTe layer and metal back contact (lowest layer), all deposited on the substrate (glass is used as an example for ease and clarity of EM imaging).

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