Another route to fabricate single-phase chalcogenides by post-selenization of Cu-In-Ga precursors sputter deposited from a single ternary target

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1351-1355

  Chen, G S ^a   Yang, J C ^a   Chan, Y C ^a   Yang, L C ^b   Huang, Welson ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c GCSOL Tech Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; CIGS; Cu In Ga; Selenization; Solar cells; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; CHALCOGENIZATION; CHALCOPYRITE; CHEMICAL REACTION PROCESS; CIGS; CRYSTALLINITY; CU(IN , GA)SE; CU-IN-GA; DEVICE-QUALITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAYERED PRECURSORS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PROCESSING STEPS; SELENIZATION;

CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

GALLIUM;

EID: 67349115691     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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