Preparation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 photovoltaic absorbers by an aqueous metal selenite co-precipitation route

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 650, Issue , 2015, Pages 907-911

  Marti R ^a   Oliveira, L ^b   Lyubenova, T Stoyanova ^a   Todorov, T ^c   Chassaing, E ^d   Lincot, D ^d   Carda, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amorphous powder; CIGS; Co precipitation synthesis; Reduction process; Selenites

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPRECIPITATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY GAP; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWDER METALS; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS POWDERS; CIGS; COPRECIPITATION SYNTHESIS; REDUCTION PROCESS; SELENITES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84940035421     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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