Highly-efficient Cd-free CuInS2 thin-film solar cells and mini-modules with Zn(S,O) buffer layers prepared by an alternative chemical bath process

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 499-511

  Ennaoui, A ^a   Bar M ^a,c   Klaer, J ^a   Kropp, T ^a   Saez Araoz R ^a   Lux Steiner, M Ch ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Cadmium free; CuInS2; Efficiency; Solar cell; Thin film; ZnS

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILM DEVICES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM-FREE; CUINS2; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33748547207     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.682     Document Type: Article

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