A look into the origin of shunt leakage current of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells via experimental and simulation methods

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-151

  Liao, Yu Kuang ^a   Kuo, Shou Yi ^b   Hsieh, Ming Yang ^b   Lai, Fang I ^c,e   Kao, Ming Hsuan ^a   Cheng, Shun Jen ^a   Chiou, Ding Wen ^d   Hsieh, Tung Po ^d   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Photonic Engineering   (Taiwan)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APSYS; CIGS; Dark current; Shunt leakage; Space charged limited current; Temperature dependence IV

Indexed keywords

APSYS; CIGS; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CURRENT COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; SIMULATED STRUCTURE; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DARK CURRENTS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879335098     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.031     Document Type: Article

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