Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell grown on flexible polymer substrate with efficiency exceeding 17%

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 560-564

  Chirila A ^a   Bloesch, P ^a   Seyrling, S ^a   Uhl, A ^a   Buecheler, S ^a   Pianezzi, F ^a   Fella, C ^a   Perrenoud, J ^a   Kranz, L ^a   Verma, R ^a   Guettler, D ^a   Nishiwaki, S ^a   Romanyuk, Y E ^a   Bilger, G ^b   Bremaud D ^c   Tiwari, A N ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c FLISOM Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CIGS; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; flexible; polyimide; record efficiency; thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

CIGS; CU(IN,GA)SE2; FLEXIBLE; RECORD EFFICIENCY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; STANDARDIZATION; THIN FILMS;

COPPER;

EID: 79959941673     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1077     Document Type: Article

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