Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic devices made using multistep selenization of nanocrystal films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9134-9140

  Harvey, Taylor B ^a   Mori, Isao ^c   Stolle, C Jackson ^a   Bogart, Timothy D ^a   Ostrowski, David P ^a,b   Glaz, Micah S ^a,b   Du, Jiang ^a   Pernik, Douglas R ^a   Akhavan, Vahid A ^a   Kesrouani, Hady ^a   Vanden Bout, David A ^a,b   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIGS; copper indium gallium selenide; nanocrystals; photovoltaics; selenization; sodium

Indexed keywords

CIGS; GALLIUM SELENIDES; NANOCRYSTAL DEPOSITION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELENIZATION; SELENIZATION PROCESS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INERT GASES; NANOCRYSTALS; SODIUM;

SINTERING;

COPPER; GALLIUM; GALLIUM SELENIDE; GLASS; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIUM;

CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE;

COPPER; GALLIUM; GLASS; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; SELENIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885036287     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4025142     Document Type: Article

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