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What is CIGS

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
Copper indium gallium (di)selenide, is a compound semiconductor material that shows promise for use in manufacturing next generation thin-film photovoltaic solar cells.
Published in Chapter:
CuInGaSe Based Thin Films for Photovoltaic Solar Cells
Harry Efstathiadis (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA) and Adam Filios (Farmingdale State College, State University of New York, USA)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1996-8.ch007
Abstract
This chapter mainly focuses on two promising technologies, Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) and nanocrystalline silicon solar cells. Heterojunctions based on CIGS have been studied for several years, and have shown very stable performance in field tests.
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