Properties of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorbers deposited by electron-beam evaporation method for solar cells

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Li, Zhao Hui ^a   Cho, Eou Sik ^a   Kwon, Sang Jik ^a  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Annealing process; Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cell; Electron beam evaporation

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; BAND GAPS; BEAM CURRENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CIGS FILMS; CU(IN , GA)SE; CU-POOR; ELECTRON-BEAM CURRENT; ELECTRON-BEAM EVAPORATION;

ANNEALING; ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

COPPER;

EID: 77957256920     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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