Compositional and electrical properties of line and planar defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for solar cells

Compositional and electrical properties of line and planar defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for solar cells - a review

Published:2016-03-01 Issue:5 Volume:10 Page:363-375
ISSN:1862-6254
Container-title:physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Status Solidi RRL

Author:

Abou-Ras Daniel¹,Schmidt Sebastian S.¹,Schäfer Norbert¹,Kavalakkatt Jaison¹,Rissom Thorsten¹,Unold Thomas¹,Mainz Roland¹,Weber Alfons¹,Kirchartz Thomas²,Simsek Sanli Ekin³,van Aken Peter A.³,Ramasse Quentin M.⁴,Kleebe Hans-Joachim⁵,Azulay Doron⁶,Balberg Isaac⁶,Millo Oded⁶,Cojocaru-Mirédin Oana⁷,Barragan-Yani Daniel⁸,Albe Karsten⁸,Haarstrich Jakob⁹,Ronning Carsten⁹

Affiliation:

1. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH; Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1 14109 Berlin Germany

2. Forschungszentrum Jülich; Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung (IEK-5), Photovoltaik; 52428 Jülich Germany

3. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research; Heisenbergstraße 1 70569 Stuttgart Germany

4. SuperSTEM Laboratory; SciTech Daresbury Campus; Keckwick Lane Daresbury WA4 4AD U.K.

5. Technische Universität Darmstadt; Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften; Schnittspahnstraße 9 64287 Darmstadt Germany

6. Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel

7. RWTH Aachen; Physikalisches Institut IA; Sommerfeldstr. 14 52074 Aachen Germany

8. Technische Universität Darmstadt; FG Materialmodellierung; Jovanka-Bontschits-Str. 2 64287 Darmstadt Germany

9. Institut für Festkörperphysik; Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena; Max-Wien-Platz 1 07743 Jena Germany

Funder

Helmholtz Virtual Institute VH-VI-520 ”Microstructure Control for Thin-Film Solar Cells”

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/pssr.201510440/fullpdf

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