Thin-film copper indium gallium selenide solar cell based on low-temperature all-printing process

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16297-16303

  Singh, Manjeet ^a   Jiu, Jinting ^a   Sugahara, Tohru ^a   Suganuma, Katsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ag nanowires; CIGS nanoparticles; Low temperature; Printing process; ZnO sol gel

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE MINERALS; PRINTING PRESSES; SCALABILITY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; AG NANOWIRES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION; PRINTING PROCESS;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912008177     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504509r     Document Type: Article

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