Growth of a High-quality Zn(S,O,OH) thin film via chemical bath deposition for Cd-free Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-82

  Shin, Dong Hyeop ^a   Kim, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Seung Tae ^a   Larina, Liudmila ^a   Al Ammar, Essam A ^b   Ahn, Byung Tae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chemical bath deposition; Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell; Heterogeneous precipitation; Zn(S,O,OH) buffer

Indexed keywords

CD-FREE BUFFER LAYER; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COMPLEXATION REACTION; CU (IN ,GA)SE; HETEROGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS;

COMPLEXATION; COPPER; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; LASERS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84877731074     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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