Optical characterization and modeling of Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 solar cells with spectroscopic ellipsometry and coherent numerical simulation

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 535, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 331-335

  Richter, M ^a,b   Schubbert, C ^a,b   Eraerds, P ^b   Riedel, I ^a   Keller, J ^a   Parisi, J ^a   Dalibor, T ^b   Avellan Hampe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b AVANCIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIGS; Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2; Optical simulation; Quantum efficiency; Spectroscopic ellipsometry; TCAD

Indexed keywords

CIGS; CU(IN ,GA)(SE ,S)2; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION POTENTIAL; PHOTON ABSORPTION RATE; TCAD; TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

GALLIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878180685     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.11.078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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