960-mV open-circuit voltage chalcopyrite solar cell

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 309-312

  Hiroi, Homare ^a   Iwata, Yasuaki ^a   Horiguchi, Kyouhei ^a   Sugimoto, Hiroki ^a  

^a Solar Frontier KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu(In,Ga)S2; high open circuit voltage; KCN free process

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN ,GA)S; KCN ETCHING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84943608010     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2479470     Document Type: Article

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