Direct evidence of a buried homojunction in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Jiang, Chun Sheng ^a   Hasoon, F S ^a   Moutinho, H R ^a   Al Thani, H A ^a   Romero, M J ^a   Al Jassim, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVAPORATION; FILM GROWTH; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPUTTERING; ZINC OXIDE;

SCANNING KELVIN PROBE MICROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037421406     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1534417     Document Type: Article

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