Progress toward 20% efficiency in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 polycrystalline thin-film solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-316

  Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Egaas, Brian ^a   Ramanathan, K ^a   Hiltner, J ^b   Swartzlander, A ^a   Hasoon, F ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; STANDARDS; THIN FILM DEVICES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032643195     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199907/08)7:4<311::AID-PIP274>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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