Characterization of metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells by capacitance and current-voltage spectroscopy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Eisenbarth, Tobias ^a,b   Caballero, Raquel ^a   Nichterwitz, Melanie ^a   Kaufmann, Christian A ^a   Schock, Hans Werner ^a   Unold, Thomas ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; BLUE LIGHT; CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE PROFILING; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN , GA)SE; CURRENT VOLTAGE; FORWARD BIAS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT SOAKING; METASTABILITIES; RED LIGHT; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; REVERSE BIAS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; VOLTAGE BIAS;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CAPACITANCE; GALLIUM; SOLAR ENERGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 81355136093     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3656453     Document Type: Article

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