CuInSe 2 (CIS) thin films prepared from amorphous Cu-In-Se nanoparticle precursors for solar cell application

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1530-1536

  Ahn, SeJin ^a   Kim, Kyunhwan ^a   Cho, Ara ^a   Gwak, Jihye ^a   Yun, Jae Ho ^a   Shin, Keeshik ^a   Ahn, SeoungKyu ^a   Yoon, Kyunghoon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CIS; nanoparticle; solar cell; solution filling

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; CIS; COLLOIDAL PROCESS; DOCTOR BLADE; EXTERNAL HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROMETER SCALE; NANOPARTICLE PRECURSORS; NON-VACUUM; PRECURSOR FILMS; SELENIZATION; SHORT CIRCUITING; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84859131618     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am201755q     Document Type: Article

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