The influence of absorber thickness on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with different buffer layers

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1376-1382

  Pettersson, Jonas ^a   Torndahl, Tobias ^a   Platzer Bjorkman, Charlotte ^a   Hultqvist, Adam ^b   Edoff, Marika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cells; semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ABSORBER THICKNESS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; ELECTRICAL SIMULATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW QUALITIES; REFERENCE DEVICES; THIN ABSORBERS;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SOLAR CELLS;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84884674092     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2276030     Document Type: Article

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