Progress in thin film CIGS photovoltaics – Research and development, manufacturing, and applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 645-667

  Feurer, Thomas ^a   Reinhard, Patrick ^b   Avancini, Enrico ^a   Bissig, Benjamin ^a   Löckinger, Johannes ^a   Fuchs, Peter ^a   Carron, Romain ^a   Weiss, Thomas Paul ^a   Perrenoud, Julian ^b   Stutterheim, Stephan ^b   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FLISOM Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alkaline; buffer; CIGS; grading; passivation; review; solar cells; tandem

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EFFICIENCY; GRADING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PASSIVATION; REVIEWS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; THIN FILMS;

ALKALINE; BUFFER; CIGS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TANDEM; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84990210303     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2811     Document Type: Article

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