High-Efficiency Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) Solar Cells with Indium Sulfide Buffer Layers Deposited by Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition (ALCVD)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Naghavi, N ^a   Spiering, S ^b   Powalla, M ^b   Cavana, B ^c   Lincot, D ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic layer deposition; Cd free buffer layers; Cu(In, Ga)Se2; Deposition parameters; Device performance; Indium sulfide; Interface properties; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); THIN FILMS;

BUFFER LAYERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0142217300     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.508     Document Type: Article

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