Incorporation of alkali metals in chalcogenide solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-20

  Salome P M P ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, H ^a,b   Sadewasser, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdTe; Chalcopyrites; Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS); Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4; Kesterites; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARACTERIZATION; GLASS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIME; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

CDTE; CHALCOPYRITES; CU(IN ,GA)SE2; CU2ZNSN(S,SE)4; KESTERITES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934760675     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.06.011     Document Type: Review

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