Progress in the efficiency of wide-gap Cu(In1-xGa x)Se2 solar cells using CIGSe layers grown in water vapor

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 20-23, 2005, Pages

  Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Sakurai, Keiichiro ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Shibata, Hajime ^a   Matsubara, Koji ^a   Yonemura, Minoru ^b   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b   Nakanishi, Hisayuki ^b   Kojima, Takeshi ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu(In, Ga)Se2; MBE; Thin film solar cells; Water vapor; Wide gap

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS; WATER;

CU(IN, GA)SE2; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WATER VAPOR; WIDE-GAP;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 24044529815     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L679     Document Type: Article

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