Recombination kinetics and stability in polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2360-2364

  Metzger, W K ^a   Repins, I L ^a   Romero, M ^a   Dippo, P ^a   Contreras, M ^a   Noufi, R ^a   Levi, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper indium gallium diselenide; Device model; Grain boundary; Lifetime; Luminescence; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GALLIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; DEVICE MODEL; GRAIN BOUNDARY; LIFETIME; SOLAR CELL;

COPPER;

EID: 58949101445     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.11.050     Document Type: Article

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