19.9%-efficient ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 solar cell with 81.2% fill factor

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Repins, Ingrid ^a   Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Egaas, Brian ^a   DeHart, Clay ^a   Scharf, John ^a   Perkins, Craig L ^a   To, Bobby ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CIGS; Diode quality; Fill factor; Recombination; Record efficiency; Saturation current; Surface; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DIODE QUALITY; FILL FACTOR; RECOMBINATION; SATURATION CURRENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 42249114488     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.822     Document Type: Article

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