Cu(In,Ga)Se2 film formation from selenization of mixed metal/metal-selenide precursors

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kamada, Rui ^a   Shafarman, William N ^a   Birkmire, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTIONS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FILM FORMATIONS; HIGH VOLTAGE; METALLIC PRECURSOR; MIXED-METALS; SELENIZATION;

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EID: 84879716775     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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