An 11.4% efficient polycrystalline thin film solar cell based on CuInS2 with a Cd-free buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Braunger, D ^a   Hariskos, D ^a   Walter, T ^a   Schock, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CADMIUM FREE BUFFER LAYER; COPPER INDIUM SULFIDE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SHUNTING PATHS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM SOLAR CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030124530     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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