Modeling the effects of na incorporation on CIGS solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 451-456

  Mungan, Elif Selin ^a   Wang, Xufeng ^a   Alam, Muhammad Ashraful ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries (GBs); photovoltaic (PV) cells; semiconductor device modeling; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; DEFECT PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84871773367     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2221082     Document Type: Article

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