Effect of potassium fluoride post-deposition treatment on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films and solar cells fabricated onto sodalime glass substrates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 280-287

  Khatri, Ishwor ^a   Fukai, Hirofumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Sugiyama, Mutsumi ^a   Nakada, Tokio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CIGS solar cell; EBIC; KF PDT; Rinsing; XPS

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; COPPER; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENERGY GAP; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GLASS; HOLE CONCENTRATION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CIGS SOLAR CELLS; EBIC; ELECTRON-BEAM-INDUCED CURRENT; KF-PDT; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; RINSING; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84976417353     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.06.023     Document Type: Article

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