Sodium-doped molybdenum targets for controllable sodium incorporation in CIGS solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003636-003641

  Mansfield, Lorelle M ^a   Repins, Ingrid L ^a   Glynn, Stephen ^a   Carducci, Michael D ^b   Honecker, David M ^b   Pankow, Joel W ^a   Young, Matthew R ^a   DeHart, Clay ^a   Sundaramoorthy, Rajalakshmi ^a   Beall, Carolyn L ^a   To, Bobby ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Climax Molybdenum Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; NA CONTENT; NA DOPED; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; STAINLESS STEEL SUBSTRATES;

ADHESION; BOROSILICATE GLASS; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES;

SODIUM;

EID: 84861082174     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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