Monolithically integrated flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell submodules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2052-2056

  Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Yoshiyama, Takashi ^a   Mizukoshi, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alkali; CIGS; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Flexible solar cells; Integrated modules; Se radical source

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CIGS; CU(IN , GA)SE; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; INTEGRATED MODULE; RADICAL SOURCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; GALLIUM; GLASS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77957655119     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. 2 solar cell with 81·2% fill factor Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl 16 2008 235 239
2. M.A. Green, K. Emery, Y. Hishikawa, and W. Warta Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 34) Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl 17 2009 320 326
3. 2 polycrystalline thin-film solar cells, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl 7 1999 311 316
4. Y. Hashimoto, T. Satoh, S. Shimakawa, T. Negami, High efficiency CIGS solar cell on flexible stainless steel, in: Proceeding of the Third World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Osaka, Japan, 2003, pp. 574577.
5. 2 thin films using silicate thin layers and applications in enhancing flexible solar cell efficiency Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 2008 1 3 124105
6. 2 thin film solar cells with ZnS(O,OH) buffer layers on Ti foils Appl. Phys. Express 2 2009 1 3 072201
7. M.E. Beck, S. Wiedema, R. Huntington, J. VanAlsburg, E. Kanto, R. Butcher, J.S. Britt, Advancements in flexible CIGS module manufacturing, in: Conference Record of the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Orlando, 2005, pp. 211214.
8. Global Solar Energy Press Releases, 16 September 2009, 〈http://www.globalsolar.com/en/press/press-releases.html〉.
9. 2 thin film solar cell devices Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 865 2005 279 284
10. B.M. Baol, M. Pinarbai, S. Aksu, J. Freitag, P. Gonzalez, T. Johnson, Y. Matus, B. Metin, M. Narasimhan, D. Nayak, G. Norsworthy, D. Soltz, J. Wang, T. Wang, H. Zolla, Status of electroplating based CIGS technology development, in: Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, IEEE, New York, 2009, pp. 002310002315.
11. F. Kessler, D. Herrmann, and M. Powalla Approaches to flexible CIGS thin-film solar cells Thin Solid Films 480481 2005 491 498
12. 2 thin-film solar modules Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 865 2005 491 498
13. 2 thin films using a radio frequency-cracked Se-radical beam source and application for photovoltaic devices Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 2007 1 3 041902
14. 2 thin film growth using a Se radical beam source Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 93 2009 792 796
15. 2 thin films J. Appl. Phys. 106 2009 1 6 034908
16. Y. Kamikawa-Shimizu, S. Shimada, M. Watanabe, A. Yamada, K. Sakurai, S. Ishizuka, H. Komaki, K. Matsubara, H. Shibata, H. Tampo, K. Maejima, and S. Niki Effects of Mo back contact thickness on the properties of CIGS solar cells Phys. Status Solidi A 206 2009 1063 1066