Improved efficiency of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells with chemically deposited ZnS buffer layers by air-annealing-formation of homojunction by solid phase diffusion

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 529-534

  Nakada, Tokio ^a   Mizutani, Masayuki ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUFFER LAYERS; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANNEALING PROCESS; CIGS ABSORBER LAYERS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CIGS THIN FILMS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LOW TEMPERATURES; SOLID-PHASE DIFFUSION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949557770     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.915889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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