Device characteristics of a 17.1% efficient solar cell deposited by a non-vacuum printing method on flexible foil

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3230-3233

  Brown, Gregory ^a   Stone, Peter ^a   Woodruff, Jacob ^a   Cardozo, Ben ^a   Jackrel, David ^a  

^a Nanosolar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

photoluminescence; photovoltaic cells; solar energy; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BASELINE PROCESS; CARRIER COLLECTION; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CO-EVAPORATED; CO-EVAPORATIONS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON-BEAM-INDUCED CURRENT; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LENGTH SCALE; MATERIALS QUALITY; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; NON-VACUUM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PL MEASUREMENTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRINTING METHOD; SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; SUBMICRON; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

VACUUM EVAPORATION;

EID: 84869398015     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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