Cu deficiency in multi-stage co-evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2 for solar cells applications: Microstructure and Ga in-depth alloying

Acta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3468-3476

  Caballero, R ^a   Izquierdo Roca, V ^b   Fontane X ^c   Kaufmann, C A ^a   Alvarez Garcia J ^d   Eicke, A ^e   Calvo Barrio, L ^f   Perez Rodriguez A ^b,c   Schock, H W ^a   Morante, J R ^b,c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^d Centre de Recerca i Investigacio de Catalunya CRIC   (Spain)

^e ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cu content; Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CO-EVAPORATED; CO-EVAPORATIONS; CU CONTENT; CU(IN , GA)SE; CU(IN,GA)SE2 THIN FILMS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DEPTH-RESOLVED; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FILM STRUCTURE; GRADIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; GROWTH MODELS; HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVICES; MULTI-STAGE; SECONDARY NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROSCOPY; WORK SUPPORT;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77953357549     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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