Toward a Better Understanding of the Use of Additives in Zn(S,O) Deposition Bath for High-Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se2-Based Solar Cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1821-1826

  Hildebrandt, Thibaud ^a   Loones, Nicolas ^a   Bouttemy, Muriel ^b   Vigneron, Jackie ^b   Etcheberry, Arnaud ^b   Lincot, Daniel ^c   Naghavi, Negar ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative buffer layer; chemical bath deposition(CBD) Zn(S; Cu(In; Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) photovoltaics; O)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; GALLIUM; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

BALANCE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION BATH; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PEROXODISULFATE; ZN(S ,O) BUFFERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84947040106     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2478066     Document Type: Article

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