Non-vacuum chalcopyrite solar cell absorbers: The Spray-ILGAR approach

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Camus, Christian ^a   Allsop, Nicholas A ^a   Kohler, Tristan ^a   Kruger, Martin ^a   Gledhill, Sophie E ^a   Klaer, Jo ^a   Rappich, Jorg ^a   Lux Steiner, Martha C ^a,b   Fischer, Christian Herbert ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER FILMS; CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NON-VACUUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879734748     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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