New reaction kinetics for a high-rate chemical bath deposition of the Zn(S,O) buffer layer for Cu(In,Ga)Se 2-based solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 534-542

  Hariskos, Dimitrios ^a   Menner, Richard ^a   Jackson, Philip ^a   Paetel, Stefan ^a   Witte, Wolfram ^a   Wischmann, Wiltraud ^a   Powalla, Michael ^a   Bürkert, Linda ^b   Kolb, Torsten ^b   Oertel, Mike ^b   Dimmler, Bernhard ^b   Fuchs, Bettina ^c  

^a ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^b Würth Elektronik Research GmbH WERes   (Germany)

^c Würth Solar GmbH and Co KG WS   (Germany)

Author keywords

buffer layer; chemical bath deposition; Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cell; high rate deposition; zinc sulfide

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYER APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CU(IN , GA)SE; HIGH RATE; HIGH-RATE DEPOSITION; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; SMALL AREA; STEP COVERAGE; SUBMODULES;

BUFFER LAYERS; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM; KINETICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84864424377     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1244     Document Type: Article

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