Chemical and electronic surface structure of 20%-efficient Cu (In,Ga) Se2 thin film solar cell absorbers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bar M ^a,b   Repins, I ^c   Contreras, M A ^c   Weinhardt, L ^d   Noufi, R ^c   Heske, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CU SURFACES; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEPOSITION PROCESS; ELECTRONIC SURFACE; GROWTH PROCESS; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION; SURFACE BANDS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 68349150684     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3194153     Document Type: Article

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