Anomalous dark current ideality factor (n > 2) in thin-film solar cells: The role of grain-boundary defects

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1718-1721

  Sozzi, G ^a   Mosca, R ^b   Calicchio, M ^b   Menozzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CIGS; ideality factor; thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CIGS; CURRENT IDEALITY FACTOR; DARK I-V CHARACTERISTICS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DEFECTS; IDEALITY FACTORS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; TRAP CONCENTRATION; VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912106223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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