Effect of chemical treatments on nm-scale electrical characteristics of polycrystalline thin film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 surfaces

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 500-505

  Li, Wenjie ^a   Cohen, Sidney R ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Oxidation; Selenization; Solar cells; Sulfurization; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDATION; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CONDUCTING PROBE AFM; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; SELENIZATION; SULFURIZATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84889079511     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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