Stability of TCO window layers for thin-film CIGS solar cells upon damp heat exposures - Part II

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7412, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sundaramoorthy, R ^a   Pern, F J ^a   DeHart, C ^a   Gennett, T ^a   Meng, F Y ^b   Contreras, M ^a   Gessert, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; AZO; Bi layer ZnO; Boron doped ZnO; BZO; CIGS; Damp heat; Degradation; Indium tin oxide; Indium zinc oxide; ITO; IZO; Thin film solar cell; Transparent conducting oxides; ZnO:B

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; AZO; BI-LAYER; BORON-DOPED ZNO; BZO; CIGS; DAMP HEAT; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM ZINC OXIDE; ITO; IZO; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; ZNO; AMORPHOUS INZNO; PTMO; TCO; TRANSPARENT METALS;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BORON; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; MOISTURE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RELIABILITY; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE FILMS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77956809568     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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