New world record Cu(In, Ga)(Se, S)2 thin film solar cell efficiency beyond 22%

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2016-November, Issue , 2016, Pages 1287-1291

  Kamada, Rui ^a   Yagioka, Takeshi ^a   Adachi, Shunsuke ^a   Handa, Atsushi ^a   Tai, Kong Fai ^a   Kato, Takuya ^a   Sugimoto, Hiroki ^a  

^a Solar Frontier KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

chalcopyrite; copper indium gallium selenide sulfide (CIGS); photovoltaic cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; INDIUM SULFIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CHALCOPYRITE; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN ,GA)(SE ,S)2; DEVICE PARAMETERS; GALLIUM SELENIDES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; WORLD RECORD EFFICIENCY;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85003481009     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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