Replacement of the CBD-CdS buffer and the sputtered i-ZnO layer by an ILGAR-ZnO WEL: Optimization of the WEL deposition

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Bar M ^a   Fischer, Ch H ^a   Muffler, H J ^a   Zweigart, S ^b   Karg, F ^b   Lux Steiner, M C ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer free; Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2; ILGAR (ion layer gas reaction); Thin film solar cell; WEL (Window Extension Layer); ZnO

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; GASES; IONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS;

ION LAYER GAS REACTIONS (ILGAR); WINDOW EXTENSION LAYERS (WEL);

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037209995     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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