Effect of sodium on material and device quality in low temperature deposited Cu(In,Ga)Se2

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-286

  Puttnins, S ^a,b   Levcenco, S ^c   Schwarzburg, K ^c   Benndorf, G ^b   Daume, F ^a,b   Rahm, A ^a   Braun, A ^a   Grundmann, M ^b   Unold, T ^c  

^a Solarion AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cu(In Ga)Se2; Minority carrier lifetime; Sodium; Solar cell; Time resolved photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE PROFILING; LOW-TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

SODIUM;

EID: 84885184602     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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