Energy band alignment plays an important role in thin film solar cells. This article presents
an overview of the energy band alignment in chalcogenide thin film solar cells with a …

This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device
aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on …

The recent achievements of high-efficiency Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 heterojunction solar cells are
reviewed with a special focus on the understanding of the electronic transport properties of …

Almost all semiconductor devices contain metal-semiconductor, insulator-semiconductor,
insulator-metal and/or semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces; and their electronic …

By combining ultraviolet and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with inverse photoemission
spectroscopy, we find that the conduction-band alignment at the CdS/CuInSe 2 thin-film …

Solar cells made from wide gap chalcopyrites have received considerable interest due to the
fact that high open circuit voltages are desirable for thin film modules and due to the goal to …

Cu (InGa) Se2-based solar cells have often been touted as being among the most promising
of solar cell technologies for cost-effective power generation. In the past decade this has led …

A combination of x-ray emission spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using
high brightness synchrotron radiation has been employed to investigate the electronic and …

The composition dependence of defect energies in polycrystalline CuIn1xGax)(Se1ySy) 2
chalcopyrite thin films is investigated by admittance spectroscopy of ZnO/CdS/chalcopyrite …

The alignment of energy bands in a Mo/CIS/CdS/ZnO solar cell structure is presented as
derived from individual measurements on the different interfaces. Special attention is paid to …