Minimizing metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2/(CBD)Zn(S,O,OH)/i-ZnO-based solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 462-469

  Buffière, Marie ^a,b   Barreau, Nicolas ^a   Arzel, Ludovic ^a   Zabierowski, Pawel ^c   Kessler, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b 44solar   (France)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

alternative buffer layer; CIGSe solar cells; metastabilities

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE BUFFER LAYERS; BUFFER LAYER THICKNESS; CIGSE SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN , GA)SE2; LAYER THICKNESS; METASTABILITIES; OPTIMAL DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS;

BUFFER LAYERS;

EID: 84924487868     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2451     Document Type: Article

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