Interface redox engineering of Cu(In,Ga)Se2-based solar cells: Oxygen, sodium, and chemical bath effects

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 361, Issue , 2000, Pages 353-359

  Kronik, Leeor ^a,b   Rau, Uwe ^c   Guillemoles, Jean François ^d   Braunger, Dieter ^c   Schock, Hans Werner ^c   Cahen, David ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PASSIVATION; REDOX REACTIONS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION (CBD);

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0033904570     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(99)00768-3     Document Type: Article

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