Technological aspects of flexible CIGS solar cells and modules

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 685-695

  Kessler, Friedrich ^a   Rudmann, Dominik ^b  

^a ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CIGS; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Flexible; Modules; Monolithic cell integration; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPOSITION; CRACKS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; MODULES; SELECTIVE PATTERNING;

SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 9944220542     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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