Effects of Mo surface oxidation on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells fabricated by three-stage process with KF postdeposition treatment

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Kamikawa, Yukiko ^a   Nishinaga, Jiro ^a   Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Shibata, Hajime ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ETCHING; GALLIUM; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

C-AXIS ORIENTATIONS; CHEMICAL ETCHING; METAL DIFFUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84961333439     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.55.022304     Document Type: Article

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