Sodium-doped molybdenum back contact designs for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-16

  Blosch P ^a   Nishiwaki, S ^a   Kranz, L ^a   Fella, C M ^a   Pianezzi, F ^a   Jager T ^a   Adelhelm, C ^b   Franzke, E ^b   Buecheler, S ^a   Tiwari, A N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PLANSEE SE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Back contact; CIGS; Diffusion model; MoNa; Sodium

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; CIGS; DIFFUSION MODEL; GRAIN BOUNDARY REGIONS; HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION; MONA; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GALLIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

SODIUM;

EID: 84893833829     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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