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A model for the successful growth of polycrystalline films of CuInSe 2 by multisource physical vacuum evaporation
Author(s) -
Klenk Reiner,
Walter Thomas,
Schock HansWerner,
Cahen David
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050209
Subject(s) - crystallite , chalcogenide , materials science , vacuum evaporation , vacuum deposition , evaporation , thin film , solar cell , deposition (geology) , engineering physics , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , metallurgy , thermodynamics , paleontology , sediment , biology , engineering , physics
Solar cells based on CuInSe 2 polycrystalline thin films (see Figure) are one of the few realistic alternatives to polycrystalline Si for practical conversion of solar energy into electricity. A model explaining the important role of the secondary copper chalcogenide phases in the deposition of the CuInSe 2 films by physical vacuum evaporation is presented.