Accelerated aging and contact degradation of CIGS solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 514-519

  Ott, Thomas ^a   Walter, Thomas ^a   Hariskos, Dimitrios ^b   Kiowski, Oliver ^b   Schäffler, Raymund ^c  

^a ULM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Stuttgart Centre for Solar Energy   (Germany)

^c Manz CIGS Technology GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; activation energy; contact degradation; Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; APPLIED BIAS; CELL CAPACITANCE; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CONTACT DEGRADATION; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DRY CONDITION; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENDURANCE TEST; FILL FACTOR; LIGHT SOAKING; LONG TERM STABILITY; POSITIVE BIAS; TIME CONSTANTS; VOLTAGE BIAS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SLOW LIGHT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84871816692     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2226141     Document Type: Article

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