Three-dimensional structure of the buffer/absorber interface in CdS/ CuGaSe2 based thin film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Rusu, M ^a   Bar M ^a,b   Lehmann, S ^a   Sadewasser, S ^a   Weinhardt, L ^b,c   Kaufmann, C A ^a   Strub, E ^a,d   Rohrich J ^a   Bohne, W ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Jung, Ch ^a   Heske, C ^b   Lux Steiner, M Ch ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SENSITIVE; CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTION ANALYSIS; INTERFACE GEOMETRY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; X RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPTH PROFILING; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70350712072     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3253419     Document Type: Article

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