Current loss due to recombination in Cu-rich CuInSe2solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Deprédurand, Valérie ^a   Tanaka, Daisuke ^b   Aida, Yasuhiro ^b   Carlberg, Miriam ^a   Fèvre, Nicole ^a   Siebentritt, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

BULK RECOMBINATION; CARRIER COLLECTION; CURRENT LOSS; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DOPING LEVELS; HIGH DOPING LEVEL; MOST LIKELY; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907495126     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4862181     Document Type: Article

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