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Novel low-cost Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 (CIGS) nanocrystal-based photovoltaics
Figure 3:
CIGS
nanocrysal “ink” being airbrushed onto soda-lime glass substrates with a metal back contact.
Credits:
Vahid Akhavan, Brian Goodfellow
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Figure 1: Transmission Electron Microscopy (
TEM
) images of Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 nanocrysals.
Figure 2.
CIGS
nanocrystal “ink”
Figure 4: (left) Image of
CIGS
nanocrysal-based photovoltaic device on a glass substrate. (right) resulting I-V curves show a power conversion efficiency of >1%
Figure 5: (left) Image of
CIGS
nanocrysal-based photovoltaic device on a flexible kapton substrate. (right) resulting I-V curves show a power conversion efficiency of ~0.6%