Enhanced performance in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells fabricated by the two-step selenization process with a potassium fluoride postdeposition treatment

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1650-1654

  Mansfield, Lorelle M ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Muzzillo, Christopher P ^a,b   Dehart, Clay ^a   Bowers, Karen ^a   To, Bobby ^a   Pankow, Joel W ^a   Reedy, Robert C ^a   Ramanathan, Kannan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper compounds; Cu(In, Ga)Se2; current voltage characteristics; photovoltaic cells; potassium fluoride postdeposition treatment; thin films

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CU (IN ,GA)SE; CU(IN , GA)SE2; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; POTASSIUM FLUORIDES; SELENIZATION PROCESS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908256711     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2354259     Document Type: Article

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