Impact of oxygen concentration during the deposition of window layers on lowering the metastability effects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2/CBD Zn(S,O) based solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1820-1827

  Naghavi, Negar ^a   Temgoua, Solange ^a   Hildebrandt, Thibaud ^a   Guillemoles, Jean François ^a   Lincot, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

chemical bath deposition; CIGSe solar cells; metastability; window layers; Zn(S,O)

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; OXYGEN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CIGSE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; METASTABILITIES; METASTABILITY EFFECT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; WINDOW LAYER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84956696618     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2626     Document Type: Article

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