Highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film submodule fabricated using a three-stage process

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Kamikawa Shimizu, Yukiko ^a   Komaki, Hironori ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Iioka, Masayuki ^a   Higuchi, Hirofumi ^a   Takano, Miwako ^a   Matsubara, Koji ^a   Shibata, Hajime ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGS ABSORBER LAYERS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; DIODE MODELING; DIODE PROPERTIES; LOSS MECHANISMS; PARASITIC RESISTANCES; SINGLE CELLS; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887647764     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7567/APEX.6.112303     Document Type: Article

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