Damp-heat instability and mitigation of ZnO-based thin films for CuInGaSe2 solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1166-1171

  Pern, F J ^a   Glick, S H ^a   Sundaramoorthy, R ^a   To, B ^a   Li, X ^a   DeHart, C ^a   Glynn, S ^a   Gennett, T ^a   Noufi, R ^a   Gessert, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO FILMS; BI-LAYER; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR; CUINGASE; DAMP HEAT; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INDUCED DEGRADATION; MAIN COMPONENT; MITIGATION METHODS; MOISTURE BARRIERS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SN-DOPED; SOLUTION TREATMENTS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; ZNO;

CHEMICAL ATTACK; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 78650109054     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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