Crystal growth and properties of CuGa/x/In/1-x/Se2 chalcopyrite compound
Abstract
The preparation of single crystals of CuGa(x)In(1-x)Se2 by a chemical transport method in a closed tube is described. Electrical and optical properties, measured as a function of CuGa(x)In(1-x)Se2 composition, indicate that this material, when coupled with zinc and cadmium chalcogenide windows, can be used as an absorber in heterojunction solar cells with near-zero lattice mismatch.
- Publication:
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Solar Energy Materials
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979SoEnM...1....3P
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Growth;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Gallium Selenides;
- Heterojunction Devices;
- Solar Cells;
- Solar Energy Absorbers;
- Chalcogenides;
- Copper Compounds;
- Electrical Properties;
- Energy Technology;
- Indium Compounds;
- Optical Properties;
- Photovoltaic Conversion;
- Single Crystals;
- Solid-State Physics