Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells with a Cu-poor surface

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 754-764

  Aida, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Depredurand, Valérie ^a   Larsen, Jes K ^a   Arai, Hitoshi ^b   Tanaka, Daisuke ^b   Kurihara, Masato ^b   Siebentritt, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

AES; Cu rich; CuInSe2; doping; IVT; PL; solar cells; surface

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES;

BULK PROPERTIES; CO-EVAPORATIONS; CUINSE2; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE TREATED; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928635720     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2493     Document Type: Article

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