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Open Access Progress of CuInGaSe2 Thin Film Photovoltaic Cells and Solar Materials

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Authors: WAN, Dongyun; HUANG, Fuqiang

Source: Journal of The Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume 39, Number 4, 1 April 2011, pp. 611-617(7)

Publisher: The Chinese Ceramic Society

This review presents recent developments on CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells and the key solar materials (such as surface-textured ZnO:Al transparent conducting films, graphene, and anti-reflection SiO2 coatings). A route to fabricate CIGS solar cells, which belongs to a non-vacuum low-cost method for producing CIGS solar cells, is proposed. The photovoltaic efficiency of the solar cell can be 13.83%. The fabrication of high performance key materials is the main route to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of the solar cells which can realize the stable enhancement of the properties and the sustainable development of the photovoltaic cells.

Keywords: CuInGaSe2; anti-reflection coating; graphene; thin film solar cell; transparent conducting film

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China

Publication date: 01 April 2011

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  • Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society (JCCS), published in Chinese and in English, is a comprehensive monthly periodical focused on the fields of inorganic and non-metallic materials. The main purpose of the JCCS is to report the latest creative achievements in research, production and design for ceramics, glass, cementing materials, refractory, artificial crystals and other non-metallic materials. JCCS is regarded as an important journal in inorganic and non-metallic materials sciences in China and has been awarded by China Association for Science and Technology. The full-text of papers in JCCS is also published by CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). JCCS is indexed in EI Compendex, CA( Chemical Abstracts) ,SA and Ж and more than 20 databases.
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