Characterization of grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 films using atom-probe tomography

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Cojocaru Mirédin, Oana ^a   Choi, Pyuck Pa ^a   Abou Ras, Daniel ^b   Schmidt, Sebastian S ^b   Caballero, Raquel ^b   Raabe, Dierk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atom probe tomography (APT); copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS); Cu(In,Ga)Se 2; grain boundary segregation; sodium and oxygen diffusion; thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

ATOM-PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; CU(IN , GA)SE; GRAIN BOUNDARY SEGREGATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ATOMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PROBES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COPPER;

EID: 84865167432     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2170447     Document Type: Article

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