Interfacial alkali diffusion control in chalcopyrite thin-film solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14123-14130

  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

chalcopyrite; photovoltaics; potassium; sodium; thin films

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LIME; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CHALCOPYRITE; CHALCOPYRITE THIN FILMS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84906810499     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503480m     Document Type: Article

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