Optimization of the CdS buffer layer in effective solar cells based on Cu(In,Ga)Se 2

Journal of Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-752

  Polikanin, A M ^a   Goncharova, O V ^b   Sergienya, S A ^a   Gremenok, V F ^c   Zalesskii, V B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

buffer layer; cadmium sulfide; chemical deposition; geometric thickness; morphology; solar cells; spectral properties

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CADMIUM SULFIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; THICKNESS;

EID: 10344250971     PISSN: 00219037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JAPS.0000049639.56456.b6     Document Type: Article

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