Effect of air annealing on the electronic properties of CdS/Cu(In,Ga) Se2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Moons, E ^a   Gal, D ^a   Beier, J ^a   Hodes, G ^a   Cahen, David ^a   Kronik, L ^b   Burstein, L ^b   Mishori, B ^b   Shapira, Yoram ^b   Hariskos, D ^c   Schock, H W ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band diagram; Band line up; CdS; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; CuInSe2; Efficiency; Heterojunction; Optimization; Polycrystalline; Thin film; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANNEALING; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030216590     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(95)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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