Pump-probe investigations on the laser ablation of CIS thin film solar cells

Physics Procedia

Volumn 12, Issue PART 2, 2011, Pages 396-403

  Domke, Matthias ^a   Heise, Gerhard ^a   Richter, Isabel ^a   Sarrach, Sebastian ^a   Huber, Heinz P ^a  

^a MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIS; Laser; Lift off; Pump probe; Solar cell; Thin film; Time resolved microscopy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GLASS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDE MINERALS; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

CIS THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IN-SITU INVESTIGATIONS; LASER LIFT-OFF; LAYER STACKS; LIFT OFFS; PUMP PROBE; TIME RESOLVED MICROSCOPY;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79959446964     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.03.149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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