Effects of sodium on polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and its solar cell performance

Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Kronik, Leeor ^a   Cahen, David ^a,c   Schock, Hans Werner ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON CELLS; SOFT SODA LIME GLASS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032472117     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199801)10:1<31::aid-adma31>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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