Buried p-n junction formation in CuGaSe2 thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Fons, Paul J ^a   Kamikawa Shimizu, Yukiko ^a   Komaki, Hironori ^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

N-TYPE MATERIALS; ORDERED VACANCY COMPOUND; P-N JUNCTION; P-N JUNCTION FORMATION; SOLAR CELL DEVICES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84893430251     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4861858     Document Type: Article

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