Cocktails of paste coatings for performance enhancement of CuInGaS 2 thin-film solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 888-893

  An, Hee Sang ^a,b   Cho, Yunae ^c   Park, Se Jin ^a   Jeon, Hyo Sang ^a   Hwang, Yun Jeong ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^c   Min, Byoung Koun ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chalcopyrite; paste coating; solar cells; solution process; sulfurization

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; PASTE COATINGS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOLUTION PROCESS; SULFURIZATION;

SOLAR CELLS; THICK FILMS;

COATINGS;

EID: 84892925194     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am404164b     Document Type: Article

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