Preparations for low-cost silica substrate of CIGS solar cell

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7056, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hsu, Ming Seng ^a   Chang, Chung Chih ^a   Cheng, Hsiang Hshi ^a   Ouyang, Yueh ^a   Der Sheu, Shinn ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b Neo Zeon Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CIGS; Low cost; Nanoparticles; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COLLOIDS; COSTS; CYTOLOGY; DISTILLATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; GELATION; GELS; ION EXCHANGE; METHANOL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VACUUM;

ATOMIC FORCES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CIGS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; HIGH COSTS; LOW COST; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSES; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; PURE WATERS; SILICA SUBSTRATES; SIMPLE METHODS; TETRAETHYLORTHOSILICATE; VACUUM PROCESSES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 55649119395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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