Comparison of cell performance of ZnS(O,OH)/CIGS solar cells with UV-assisted MOCVD-ZnO:B and sputter-deposited ZnO:Al window layers

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1079-1083

  Kobayashi, Taizo ^a   Yamauchi, Kotaro ^a   Nakada, Tokio ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ultraviolet (UV) light assisted metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD); window layer; ZnO:Al; ZnO:B; ZnS(OOH) buffer layer CIGS solar cells sputtering

Indexed keywords

CIGS SOLAR CELLS; METAL-ORGANIC; WINDOW LAYER; ZNO; ZNO:AL;

ALUMINUM; BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLAR CELLS; VAPORS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880254007     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2249556     Document Type: Article

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