A study on the humidity susceptibility of thin-film CIGS absorber

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000287-000292

  Pern, F J ^a   Egaas, B ^a   To, B ^a   Jiang, C S ^a   Li, Jian V ^a   Glynn, S ^a   DeHart, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER FILMS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CIGS FILMS; CO-EVAPORATED; DAMP HEAT; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HIGH SERIES RESISTANCES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SODA LIME GLASS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; SODIUM;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 77951543901     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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