Real-time study of Ga diffusion processes during the formation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2: The role of Cu and Na content

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-109

  Rodriguez Alvarez, H ^a,b   Mainz, R ^a   Caballero, R ^a,c   Abou Ras, D ^a   Klaus, M ^a   Gledhill, S ^a   Weber, A ^a   Kaufmann, C A ^a   Schock, H W ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Diffusion; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE; COMPOSITIONAL RATIO; CU (IN ,GA)SE; DIFFRACTION DATA; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; REAL-TIME STUDIES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

DIFFUSION; GALLIUM; SODIUM; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84877851999     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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