8 MeV electron irradiation studies on electrical characteristics of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1618-1623

  Rao, Asha ^a   Krishnan, Sheeja ^b   Sanjeev, Ganesh ^b   Siddappa, K ^c   Ullal, Harin S ^d   Wu, Xuanzhi ^d  

^a MANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (India)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JSS Foundation for Science and Society   (India)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance frequency; CIGS; Current voltage characteristics; Efficiency; Electron irradiation; Ideality factor; Series resistance; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CIGS; CU(IN , GA)SE; CURRENT CONDUCTION MECHANISMS; DEPLETION REGION; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRON DOSE; FILL FACTOR; GENERATION-RECOMBINATION; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; IDEALITY FACTOR; IDEALITY FACTORS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; MINORITY CARRIER; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REVERSE BIAS; SATURATION CURRENT; SERIES RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; SPACE POWER SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 67649589213     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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