A comparative study of Zn(O,S) buffer layers and CIGS solar cells fabricated by CBD, ALD, and sputtering

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1677-1680

  Ramanathan, Kannan ^a   Mann, Jonathan ^a   Glynn, Stephen ^a   Christensen, Steve ^a   Pankow, Joel ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Scharf, John ^a   Mansfield, Lorelle ^a   Contreras, Miguel ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layers; copper indium gallium diselenide; thin film solar cells; wide bad gap emitters; zinc oxysulfide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; EMITTER LAYERS; LIGHT SOAKING; LOSS MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; POST ANNEALING; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; WIDE BAD GAP EMITTERS; ZN(O ,S); ZNO LAYERS;

BUFFER LAYERS; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84869481947     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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