Efficiency enhancement of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells due to post-deposition Na incorporation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1129-1131

  Rudmann, D ^a   Da Cunha, A F ^a,c   Kaelin, M ^a   Kurdesau, F ^a   Zogg, H ^a   Tiwari, A N ^a,d   Bilger, G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DELAMINATION; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PASSIVATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM; THIN FILM DEVICES;

ABSORBER LAYERS; SODA-LIME GLASS (SLG);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 1542678964     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1646758     Document Type: Article

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