Re-investigation of preferential orientation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films grown by the three-stage process

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-536

  Couzinie Devy F ^a,b   Barreau, N ^a   Kessler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

crystalline orientation; sodium

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; LIME; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SODIUM;

CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS; FILM ORIENTATIONS; GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; LAYER ORIENTATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; PROCESS DEPENDENCE; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 79959988957     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1079     Document Type: Article

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