Influence of high growth rates on evaporated Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 layers and solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-216

  Chirilǎ, Adrian ^a   Seyrling, Sieghard ^a   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Guettler, Dominik ^a   Nishiwaki, Shiro ^a   Romanyuk, Yaroslav E ^a   Bilger, Gerhard ^b   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)Se 2; high rate; low temperature; solar cells

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; BASELINE PROCESS; CO-EVAPORATIONS; COMPOSITION PROFILE; CROSS SECTION; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FINE-GRAINED STRUCTURE; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH GROWTH RATE; HIGH RATE; LAYER MORPHOLOGY; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; STRUCTURAL QUALITIES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THREE-STAGE PROCESS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GROWTH RATE; POLYIMIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84857450057     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1122     Document Type: Article

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