Current routes in polycrystalline CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Azulay, Doron ^a   Millo, Oded ^a   Balberg, Isaac ^a   Schock, Hans Werner ^b   Visoly Fisher, Iris ^c   Cahen, David ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

CIGS; CIS; Conductive AFM; Grain boundaries; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOCURRENTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

CIGS; CIS; CONDUCTIVE AFM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33750074735     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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