A promising sputtering route for dense Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber films and their photovoltaic performance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 275-282

  Jheng, Bao Tang ^a   Liu, Po Tsun ^b   Wu, Meng Chyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antireflective coating; Photoelectric devices; Solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS; COPPER ZINC TIN SULFIDES; LARGE ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84902173817     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.033     Document Type: Article

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