Ultrasonically sprayed indium sulfide buffer layers for Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 thin-film solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2312-2315

  Buecheler, S ^a   Corica, D ^a   Guettler, D ^a   Chirila, A ^a   Verma, R ^a   Muller U ^b   Niesen, T P ^c   Palm, J ^c   Tiwari, A N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c AVANCIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; CIGS; In2S3; Solar cells; Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; COPPER; EPITAXIAL LAYERS; GALLIUM; INDIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OXYGEN; PESTICIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PYROLYSIS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BUFFER LAYER; CELL EFFICIENCIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL INFORMATIONS; CHEMICAL PRECURSORS; CIGS; CU(IN ,GA)(S ,SE)2; IN2S3; INDIUM SULFIDE LAYERS; INDIUM SULFIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-CRYSTALLINE; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATIONS; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING SPECTROMETRIES; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SODA-LIME GLASS; SPRAY SOLUTIONS; SULFUR CONCENTRATIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS METHODS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 58949094510     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.10.135     Document Type: Article

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