Wide bandgap Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells with improved energy conversion efficiency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 843-850

  Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Mansfield, Lorelle M ^a   Egaas, Brian ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Romero, Manuel ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Rudiger Voigt, Eveline ^b   Mannstadt, Wolfgang ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCHOTT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chalcogenides; CIGS; high efficiency; high temperature; thin film; wide gap

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; CIGS; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; CU(IN , GA)SE; FILL FACTOR; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-VACUUM EVAPORATION; MINORITY CARRIER; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; SIMILAR MATERIAL; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THREE-STAGE PROCESS; WIDE BAND GAP; WIDE GAP; WIDE-GAP MATERIALS;

CHALCOGENIDES; CHARACTERIZATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84867867929     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2244     Document Type: Article

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