Solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 absorber yielding a 15.2% efficient solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-87

  Todorov, Teodor K ^a   Gunawan, Oki ^a   Gokmen, Tayfun ^a   Mitzi, David B ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chalcopyrite; Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2; solution processing; thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CHALCOPYRITE; CU(IN ,GA)(S ,SE)2; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

GALLIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

COPPER;

EID: 84873705165     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1253     Document Type: Article

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