Improved performance of Ge-alloyed CZTGeSSe thin-film solar cells through control of elemental losses

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 376-384

  Hages, Charles J ^a   Levcenco, Sergej ^b   Miskin, Caleb K ^a   Alsmeier, Jan H ^b   Abou Ras, Daniel ^b   Wilks, Regan G ^b   Bär, Marcus ^b,c   Unold, Thomas ^b   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CZTGeSSe; CZTSSe; Ge alloying; Nanocrystals; Selenization; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CHARGE CARRIERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CARRIER COLLECTION; CZTGESSE; CZTSSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SELENIZATION; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TOTAL-AREA EFFICIENCY; TUNABLE BAND-GAP;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 84924024422     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2442     Document Type: Article

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