Inducing and monitoring photoelectrochemical reactions at surfaces and buried interfaces in Cu (In,Ga) (S,Se) 2 thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Reichardt, J ^a,e   Bar M ^a   Grimm, A ^a   Kotschau I ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Sokoll, S ^a   Lux Steiner, M C ^a   Fischer, Ch H ^a   Heske, C ^b   Weinhardt, L ^c   Fuchs, O ^c   Jung, Ch ^a   Gudat, W ^a   Niesen, T P ^d   Karg, F ^d  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; HUMID CONDITIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ZINC HYDROXIDE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; THIN FILMS; WATER; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 20944443973     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1906309     Document Type: Article

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