Co-evaporation of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 at low temperatures: An In-Situ x-ray growth analysis

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3058-3061

  Kaufmann, C A ^a   Greiner, D ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, H ^a,b   Weber, A ^a   Heinemann, M D ^a   Lauche, J ^a   Klaus, M ^a   Genzel, C ^a   Schock, H W ^a   Mainz, R ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3 stage process; CIGSe; Coevaporation; EDXRD; In situ growth analysis; Low temperature growth; PVD

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GALLIUM; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CIGSE; CO-EVAPORATIONS; EDXRD; IN-SITU GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84896468914     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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