Hydrazine-based deposition route for device-quality CIGS films

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2158-2162

  Mitzi, David B ^a   Yuan, Min ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Kellock, Andrew J ^b   Chey, S Jay ^a   Gignac, Lynne ^a   Schrott, Alex G ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CIGS; Non vacuum; Photovoltaics; Solar cells; Spin coating; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYANIDES; GALLIUM; HYDRAZINE; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPIN COATING; SPIN DYNAMICS; THIN FILM DEVICES; VACUUM;

ABSORBER LAYERS; ALL METALS; CIGS; CIGS FILMS; DEVICE QUALITIES; FILM CHARACTERIZATIONS; GRAIN SIZES; HEAT TREATING; INERT ATMOSPHERES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; NON-VACUUM; OXYGEN TREATMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRECURSOR FILMS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; THIN-FILM;

COPPER;

EID: 58949099335     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.10.079     Document Type: Article

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