High efficiency CIGS solar modules

Energy Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-282

  Karg, Franz ^a  

^a AVANCIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Efficiency; Photovoltaics; Production; Solar modules; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; AREA MAPPING; CHALCOPYRITE; COATING UNIFORMITY; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; FILM PROPERTIES; FULLY INTEGRATED; IR THERMOGRAPHY; MASS MANUFACTURING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY TIME; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PILOT LINE; SCALE-UP; SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES; SOLAR MODULE; STACKED ELEMENTAL LAYER;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PRODUCTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84860517486     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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