Performance of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells using nominally alkali free glass substrates with varying coefficient of thermal expansion

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hultqvist, A ^a,c   Salome P M P ^a   Fjallstrom V ^a   Edoff, M ^a   Aitken, B ^b   Zhang, K ^b   Shi, Y ^b   Fuller, K ^b   Williams, C Kosik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FREE GLASS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; REFERENCE DEVICES; SODA LIME GLASS; SOLAR CELL DEVICES; THERMAL MISMATCH; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES; VARYING COEFFICIENTS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; GALLIUM; LIME; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GLASS;

EID: 84884942555     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4819802     Document Type: Article

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