Structural tuning of wide-gap chalcopyrite CuGaSe2 thin films and highly efficient solar cells: Differences from narrow-gap Cu(In,Ga)Se 2

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 821-829

  Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Fons, Paul J ^a   Shibata, Hajime ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

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

Author keywords

chalcogenide; chalcopyrite; Na effects; Se flux

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TUNING;

BROAD APPLICATION; CHALCOPYRITE; DEVICE PROPERTIES; FILM PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL TUNING; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903317739     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2464     Document Type: Article

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