Temperature effect during atomic layer deposition of zinc oxysulfide -Zn(O,S) buffer layers on Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 synthesized by co-evaporation and electro-deposition techniques

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bugot, C ^a   Broussillou, C ^b   Sorba, A ^b   Parissi, L ^b   Schneider, N ^a   Lincot, D ^a   Donsanti, F ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b NEXCIS Photovoltaic Technology   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic Layer Deposition; buffer layer; CIGS solar cells; deposition temperature; GDOES; intermixing; Zn(O,S)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ATOMS; BUFFER LAYERS; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CIGS SOLAR CELLS; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; GDOES; INTERMIXING; ZN(O ,S);

ZINC;

EID: 84961576028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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