Formation of a ZnS/Zn(S, O) bilayer buffer on CuInS 2 thin film solar cell absorbers by chemical bath deposition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Bar M ^a,b   Ennaoui, A ^a   Klaer, J ^a   Kropp, T ^a   Saez Araoz R ^a   Allsop, N ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Schock, H W ^a   Lux Steiner, M C ^a,c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION (CBD); THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TOXIC REACTANTS;

ANNEALING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 33745697586     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202694     Document Type: Article

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