Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells for space application

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 511-512, Issue , 2006, Pages 613-622

  Otte, Karsten ^a   Makhova, Liudmila ^b   Braun, Alexander ^a   Konovalov, Igor ^b  

^a Solarion GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Flexible substrates; Space applications

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS; MARKETING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

CU(IN,GA)SE2; FLEXIBLE ENCAPSULATION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33646595972     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.11.068     Document Type: Article

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