Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with varying Na content prepared on nominally alkali-free glass substrates

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 852-858

  Salome P M P ^a   Hultqvist, A ^a   Fjallstrom V ^a   Edoff, M ^a   Aitken, B ^b   Vaidyanathan, K ^b   Zhang, K ^b   Fuller, K ^b   Kosik Williams, C ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic systems; solar cells; solar energy; solids; substrates; thin films

Indexed keywords

CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; COPPER; FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLIDS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84875617498     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2247655     Document Type: Article

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