Non-antireflective scheme for efficiency enhancement of Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 nanotip array solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7318-7329

  Liao, Yu Kuang ^a   Wang, Yi Chung ^b   Yen, Yu Ting ^b   Chen, Chia Hsiang ^b   Hsieh, Dan Hua ^a   Chen, Shih Chen ^a   Lee, Chia Yu ^a   Lai, Chih Chung ^b   Kuo, Wei Chen ^a   Juang, Jenh Yi ^a   Wu, Kaung Hsiung ^a   Cheng, Shun Jen ^a   Lai, Chih Huang ^b   Lai, Fang I ^c   Kuo, Shou Yi ^d   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cd diffusion; CIGS solar cell; copper vacancy; direct sputtering; nanotip arrays

Indexed keywords

CD DIFFUSION; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; DIRECT SPUTTERING; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; INTERFACE PASSIVATION; NANOTIP ARRAYS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; NANOTIPS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84883247544     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402976b     Document Type: Article

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