Preparation of Zn doped Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films by physical vapor deposition for solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-368

  Nishiwaki, Shiro ^a   Satoh, Takuya ^a   Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Shimakawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Hayashi, Shigeo ^a   Negami, Takayuki ^a   Wada, Takahiro ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Physical vapor deposition; Solar cells; Thin film; Zn doping

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EVAPORATION; FILM PREPARATION; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; ZINC;

VACUUM EVAPORATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037409533     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00355-0     Document Type: Article

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