Observation of intermixing at the buried CdS/Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell heterojunction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1451-1453

  Heske, C ^a,b   Eich, D ^b   Fink, R ^b   Umbach, E ^b   Van Buuren, T ^c   Bostedt, C ^c   Terminello, L J ^c   Kakar, S ^d   Grush, M M ^e   Callcott, T A ^e   Himpsel, F J ^f   Ederer, D L ^g   Perera, R C C ^a   Riedl, W ^h   Karg, F ⁱ  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

ⁱ SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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EID: 0001534708     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123578     Document Type: Article

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