Atomic-scale characterization of the CdS/CuInSe2 interface in thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Cojocaru Mirdin O ^a   Choi, P ^a   Wuerz, R ^b   Raabe, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; ATOMIC SCALE; CDS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; P-N HOMOJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952653344     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3560308     Document Type: Article

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