The effect of Mo back contact ageing on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-89

  Salomé, Pedro M P ^a   Fjallstrom, Viktor ^a   Hultqvist, Adam ^a   Szaniawski, Piotr ^a   Zimmermann, Uwe ^a   Edoff, Marika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chalcopyrites; CIGS; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; molybdenum (Mo); thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE; CHALCOPYRITES; CIGS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPIES (SIMS); THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLAR CELLS;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84890567283     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2360     Document Type: Article

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