CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells by Electrodeposition

Polycrystalline Thin-Film Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells Fabriacted by Electrodeposition

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Modelling and Degradation Characteristics of Thin-film CIGS Solar Cells

Optical Simulation of Light Management in CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Finite Element Method

In this paper we present an optical simulation of light management in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells with reduced absorber layer thickness, with the goal of absorption enhancement in the absorber layer. The light management was achieved by texturing of the substrate layer, and the conformal growth of all the following layers was assumed. Two texturing shapes have been explored: triangular a...

Optical Design of Textured Thin-Film CIGS Solar Cells with Nearly-Invisible Nanowire Assisted Front Contacts

The conductivity of transparent front contacts can be improved by patterned metallic nanowires, albeit at the cost of optical loss. The associated optical penalty can be strongly reduced by texturization of the cell stack. Remarkably, the nanowires themselves are not textured and not covered in our design. This was shown by optical modeling where the width of the nanowire, the texture height an...

Metrology of Al2O3 Barrier Film for Flexible CIGS Solar Cells

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