Comparative study of different back-contact designs for high-efficiency CIGS solar cells on stainless steel foils

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Blösch, Patrick ^a   Chirilǎ, Adrian ^a   Pianezzi, Fabian ^a   Seyrling, Sieghard ^a   Rossbach, Peggy ^a   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Nishiwaki, Shiro ^a   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS); flexible; impurity diffusion; solar cells; steel

Indexed keywords

ADHESION LAYER; BARRIER COATINGS; BI-LAYER; CELL EFFICIENCY; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; EVAPORATION PROCESS; FLEXIBLE; HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; IMPURITY DIFFUSION; LAYER STRUCTURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; SINGLE LAYER; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; STAINLESS STEEL FOIL;

ADHESION; DESIGN; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; STEEL; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84865183891     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2166589     Document Type: Article

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