Determination of Activation Barriers for the Diffusion of Sodium through CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 543-548

  Zellner, M B ^a   Birkmire, R W ^b   Eser, E ^b   Shafarman, W N ^b   Chen, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

CIGS; Diffusion; Sodium; Solar cell; XPS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; GLASS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SODIUM; SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SODIUM;

EID: 0346104881     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.515     Document Type: Article

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