Spray pyrolysis of barrier layers for flexible thin film solar cells on steel

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 504-509

  Gledhill, Sophie ^a   Zykov, Anton ^a   Allsop, Nicholas ^a   Rissom, Thorsten ^a   Schniebs, Jan ^a   Kaufmann, Christian A ^a   Lux Steiner, Martha ^a   Fischer, Christian Herbert ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium oxide; Barrier layer; Chalcopyrite; Spray pyrolysis; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; BARRIER LAYERS; CHALCOPYRITE; CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN , GA)SE; DIFFUSION OF IRON; FLEXIBLE STEEL; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FLEXIBLE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; INSULATING BARRIER LAYERS; INSULATING PROPERTIES; LIGHT WEIGHT; METAL SUBSTRATE; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR MODULE; SPRAY DEPOSITION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL;

ALUMINUM; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM; IRON; OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 78650694103     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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