Increase in short-wavelength response of encapsulated CIGS devices by doping the encapsulation layer with luminescent material

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-67

  Klampaftis, Efthymios ^a   Ross, David ^a   Seyrling, Sieghard ^b   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^b   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

CIGS; Colour; Encapsulation; EVA; Luminescent down shifting; Spectral conversion

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS LAYER; CIGS; CU(IN , GA)SE; ENCAPSULATION LAYER; ENERGY CONTENT; EVA; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENT DOWN-SHIFTING; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PV MODULES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL CONVERSION;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COLOR; ENCAPSULATION; GALLIUM; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ZINC OXIDE;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84858116715     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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