Spatial inhomogeneities in Cu (In,Ga) Se2 solar cells analyzed by an electron beam induced voltage technique

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Grabitz, Peter O ^a   Rau, Uwe ^a   Wille, Bernd ^a,b   Bilger, Gerhard ^a   Werner, Juergen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIUM; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SELENIUM;

ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED VOLTAGE (EBIV); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33846064674     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2402345     Document Type: Article

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