Highly reflective rear surface passivation design for ultra-thin Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 582, Issue , 2015, Pages 300-303

  Vermang, Bart ^a,b   Wätjen, Jörn Timo ^a   Fjällström, Viktor ^a   Rostvall, Fredrik ^a   Edoff, Marika ^a   Gunnarsson, Rickard ^c   Pilch, Iris ^c   Helmersson, Ulf ^c   Kotipalli, Ratan ^d   Henry, Frederic ^d   Flandre, Denis ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Copper; Gallium; Indium; Local contacts; Molybdenum; Nanoparticles; Selenide; Solar cells; Surface passivation layer; Ultra thin films

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER; GALLIUM; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GRADING; INDIUM; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CIGS ABSORBER LAYERS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; HIGHLY REFLECTIVE; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; PHOTON SCATTERING; REAR CONTACTS; SELENIDES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 84926517811     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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