Rapid reactive transfer printing of CIGS photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7409, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Eldada, Louay ^a   Sang, Baosheng ^a   Taylor, Matthew ^a   Hersh, Peter ^a   Stanbery, Billy J ^a  

^a HelioVolt Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigs; Copper indium gallium selenide; Nanoengineered thin films; Nanoscale self assembly; Photovoltaic integrated circuits; Pvic; Reactive transfer printing; Thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CIGS; GALLIUM SELENIDES; NANO SCALE; NANOENGINEERED THIN FILMS; PVIC; REACTIVE TRANSFER PRINTING; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; COST REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INK; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PRINTING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

EID: 70449686359     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.827487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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