Influence of NaF incorporation during Cu(In,Ga)Se2 growth on microstructure and photovoltaic performance

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3420-3424

  Guttler D ^a   Chirila, A ^a   Seyrling, S ^a   Blosch P ^a   Buecheler, S ^a   Fontane X ^b   Izquierdo Roca, V ^c   Calvo Barrio, L ^c   Perez Rodriguez A ^b,c   Morante, J R ^b,c   Eicke, A ^d   Tiwari, A N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; COMPOSITION PROFILE; CU(IN , GA)SE; CURRENT VOLTAGE; DEPTH-RESOLVED; EVAPORATION PROCESS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GRADED COMPOSITION; GROWTH PROCESS; GROWTH STAGES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INCORPORATION METHOD; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; LAYER STRUCTURES; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH; NEUTRAL MASS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SEM; SMALL GRAINS; SODA LIME GLASS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; GALLIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYIMIDES; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 78650166864     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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