Crystallization and surface segregation in CuIn 0.7 Ga 0.3 Se 2 thin films on Cu foils grown by pulsed laser deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6819-6823

  Jo, Yeon Hwa ^a   Mohanty, Bhaskar Chandra ^a   Cho, Yong Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; CIGS; Pulsed laser deposition; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ALLOYS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SEGREGATION; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS MATRICES; CHALCOPYRITE; CIGS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; RANDOM NUCLEATION; STRONG DEPENDENCES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 77955655341     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.02.091     Document Type: Article

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