Reaction routes for the synthesis of CuInSe 2 using bilayer compound precursors

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 543-556

  Krishnan, R ^a   Wood, D ^a   Chaudhari, V U ^a   Payzant, E A ^b   Noufi, R ^c   Rozeveld, S ^d   Kim, W K ^e   Anderson, T J ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^e Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CIS solar cells; HTXRD; reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DIFFUSION LIMITED; DIFFUSION-LIMITED REACTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; HTXRD; IN-SITU; ISOTHERMAL MEASUREMENTS; ONSET TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC MODEL; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; PRECURSOR FILMS; REACTION PATHWAYS; REACTION ROUTES; TEMPERATURE RAMP; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COPPER COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; ISOTHERMS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84864424773     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2262     Document Type: Article

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