Improved performance of ultrathin Cu(InGa)Se2 solar cells with a backwall superstrate configuration

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1630-1635

  Simchi, Hamed ^a,b   Larsen, Jes ^a,c   Kim, Kihwan ^a   Shafarman, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(AgCu)(InGa)Se2; backwall structure; solar cell; thin film; transparent back contact

Indexed keywords

THIN FILMS;

(AGCU)(INGA)SE2; SUPERSTRATES; TRANSPARENT BACK CONTACT; ULTRA-THIN;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908259598     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2345436     Document Type: Article

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