CIGS absorbers and processes

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-466

  Niki, Shigeru ^a   Contreras, Miguel ^b   Repins, Ingrid ^b   Powalla, Michael ^c   Kushiya, Katsumi ^d   Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Matsubara, Koji ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d Chiba Institute of Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIGS; Co evaporation; Flexible solar cells; Manufacturing; Selenization

Indexed keywords

CIGS; CO-EVAPORATIONS; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; MANUFACTURING; SELENIZATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EVAPORATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77956761580     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.969     Document Type: Article

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