Influence of Varying Cu Content on Growth and Performance of Ga-Graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1775-1782

  Szaniawski, Piotr ^a   Salomé, Pedro ^b   Fjällstrom, Viktor ^a   Törndahl, Tobias ^a   Zimmermann, Uwe ^a   Edoff, Marika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coevaporation; Cu(In; Ga)Se2 (CIGS); grading; interdiffusion

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORBER LAYERS; CO-EVAPORATIONS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; CU CONTENT; CU-VARIATION; EFFICIENCY LOSS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

COPPER;

EID: 84947034315     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2478033     Document Type: Article

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