Efficiency enhancement of flexible CIGS solar cells using alkali-silicate glass thin layers as an alkali source material

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002349-002353

  Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ALKALI DOPING; ALKALI SOURCES; ALKALI-SILICATE GLASS; BACK CONTACT; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; THIN LAYERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLASS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYIMIDES; SILICATES; SODIUM; THIN FILMS; ZIRCONIA;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77951572826     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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