Gallium gradients in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 717-733

  Witte, Wolfram ^a   Abou Ras, Daniel ^b   Albe, Karsten ^c   Bauer, Gottfried H ^d   Bertram, Frank ^e   Boit, Christian ^f   Brüggemann, Rudolf ^d   Christen, Jürgen ^e   Dietrich, Jens ^f   Eicke, Axel ^a   Hariskos, Dimitrios ^a   Maiberg, Matthias ^g   Mainz, Roland ^b   Meessen, Max ^d   Müller, Mathias ^e   Neumann, Oliver ^d   Orgis, Thomas ^g   Paetel, Stefan ^a   Pohl, Johan ^c   Rodriguez Alvarez, Humberto ^b   Scheer, Roland ^g   Schock, Hans Werner ^b   Unold, Thomas ^b   Weber, Alfons ^b   Powalla, Michael ^a   more..

^a ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

co evaporation; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; gallium gradient; inhomogeneity; selenization; simulation

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPOSITION; DEPTH PROFILING; EVAPORATION; FERMI LEVEL; GRADING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CO-EVAPORATIONS; CU(IN , GA)SE2; INHOMOGENEITIES; SELENIZATION; SIMULATION;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84928615943     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2485     Document Type: Article

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