Performance analysis of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) solar cells with various buffer layers by SCAPS

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Chelvanathan, Puvaneswaran ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Istiaque ^a   Amin, Nowshad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Buffer layers; CIGS; Operating temperature gradient; SCAPS; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ABSORBER THICKNESS; BAND GAPS; CDS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; FILL FACTOR; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LAYER THICKNESS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ZNO; ZNO BUFFER LAYER;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDIUM SULFIDE; MASKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

EPITAXIAL LAYERS;

EID: 77955514157     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2010.02.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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