Role of anions in aqueous sol-gel process enabling flexible Cu(In,Ga)S2 thin-film solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 17740-17747

  Oh, Yunjung ^a   Woo, Kyoohee ^b   Lee, Daehee ^a   Lee, Hongseuk ^a   Kim, Kyujin ^a   Kim, Inhyuk ^a   Zhong, Zhaoyang ^a   Jeong, Sunho ^c   Moon, Jooho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aqueous sol gel; CIGS; flexible thin film solar cells; low temperature processing

Indexed keywords

COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; DURABILITY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS;

AQUEOUS SOL-GEL PROCESS; CIGS; FABRICATION TEMPERATURE; FLEXIBLE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-DEPOSITION METHOD;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908170855     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504194t     Document Type: Article

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