Why do we make Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells non-stoichiometric?

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-25

  Siebentritt, Susanne ^a   Gütay, Levent ^b   Regesch, David ^a   Aida, Yasuhiro ^c   Deprédurand, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIGS; Cu rich; Defects; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CDS; CHALCOPYRITE SEMICONDUCTOR; CIGS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; CU-POOR; CU-RICH; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; RECOMBINATION;

DEFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884906164     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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