Properties of 19.2% efficiency ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 thin-film solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-230

  Ramanathan, Kannan ^a   Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Perkins, Craig L ^a   Asher, Sally ^a   Hasoon, Falah S ^a   Keane, James ^a   Young, David ^a   Romero, Manuel ^a   Metzger, Wyatt ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Ward, James ^a   Duda, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper indium gallium selenide; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Photovoltaics; Solar conversion efficiency; Ternary chalcopyrite; Thin film solar cells; Three stage process

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM SELENIDE; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL; THREE STAGE PROCESS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0038575800     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.494     Document Type: Article

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