Non-uniformities of opto-electronic properties in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films and their influence on cell performance studied with confocal photoluminescence

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000874-000877

  Gütay, Levent ^a   Bauer, Gottfried H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CU(IN , GA)SE; HIGH QUALITY; INHOMOGENEITIES; NON-UNIFORMITIES; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; QUASI-FERMI LEVEL; REPRESENTATIVE VALUES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951619621     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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