Intermixing at the heterointerface between ZnS/Zn(S,O) bilayer buffer and CuInS2 thin film solar cell absorber

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Bar M ^a,b   Ennaoui, A ^a   Klaer, J ^a   Kropp, T ^a   Saez Araoz R ^a   Lehmann, S ^a   Grimm, A ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Loreck, Ch ^a   Sokoll, St ^a   Schock, H W ^a   Fischer, Ch H ^a,c   Lux Steiner, M C ^a,c   Jung, Ch ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILAYER BUFFER; HETEROINTERFACE; MONOCHROMATIZED SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOXIC REACTANTS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAYERED MANUFACTURING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOXIC MATERIALS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33749337843     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2345034     Document Type: Article

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