An overview of technological aspects of Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cell architectures incorporating ZnO nanorod arrays

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-87

  Ohm, Wiebke ^a   Riedel, Wiebke ^a   Askünger, Ümit ^b   Heinemann, Marc Daniel ^b   Kaufmann, Christian A ^b   Lòpez García, Juan ^c   Izquierdo, Victor ^c   Fontané, Xavier ^c   Goislard, Thomas ^d   Lux Steiner, Martha C ^a,b   Gledhill, Sophie ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^d NEXCIS   (France)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrites; CuInGaSe2; Light trapping; Nanorods; Solar cells; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COATINGS; GALLIUM; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CELL ARCHITECTURES; CHALCOPYRITES; CUINGASE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84920792415     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201431230     Document Type: Review

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