Rapid fabrication of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin films from Se-containing precursors by the two-step selenization process

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1744-1748

  Mansfield, Lorelle M ^a   Ishizuka, Shogo ^b   Dehart, Clay ^a   Scott, Marty ^a   To, Bobby ^a   Young, Matthew R ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper compounds; Current voltage characteristics; Photovoltaic cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CU (IN ,GA)SE; ELEMENTAL DEPTH PROFILES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; RAPID FABRICATION; SELENIZATION PROCESS; SOLAR CELL DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84896486689     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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