Near infrared enhancement in CIGS-based solar cells utilizing a ZnO:H window layers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A806-A811

  Yeh, Chi Li ^a   Hsu, Hung Ru ^b   Chen, Sheng Hui ^a   Liu, Yung Sheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO FILMS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CU(IN , GA)SE; NEAR INFRARED; WINDOW LAYER; ZNO;

HYDROGEN; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84869005104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A806     Document Type: Article

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