Transmission electron microscopy of chalcogenide thin-film photovoltaic materials

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Yan, Yanfa ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; CIGS; Defect; Interface; Photovoltaic; Solar cell; TEM

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CIGS; CLEAN ELECTRICITY; HIGH-VOLUME MANUFACTURING; INTERFACE FORMATION; MATERIALS QUALITY; NANO-METER SCALE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84858797963     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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