Substitution of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS thin-film solar cells: Status of current research and record cell efficiencies

Vakuum in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-27

  Witte, Wolfram ^a   Spiering, Stefanie ^b   Hariskos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CU(IN ,GA)(S ,SE)2; DEPOSITION METHODS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; ION LAYER GAS REACTION; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; ZINC;

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EID: 84893332778     PISSN: 0947076X     EISSN: 15222454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/vipr.201400546     Document Type: Article

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