Required material properties for high-efficiency CIGS modules

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7409, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Repins, Ingrid ^a   Glynn, Stephen ^a   Duenow, Joel ^a   Coutts, Timothy J ^a   Metzger, Wyatt K ^a   A contreras, Miguel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigs; Material properties; Module; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INVESTMENT; CIGS MODULES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INSTALLATION COSTS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIALS COSTS; MODULE EFFICIENCY; MODULE PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REDUCING COSTS;

INVESTMENTS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 70449698616     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.828365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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