Progress toward 20% efficiency in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 polycrystalline thin-film solar cells.pdfVIP

SHORT COMMUNICATION: ACCELERATED PUBLICATION Progress Toward 20% E?ciency in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Polycrystalline Thin-?lm Solar Cells Miguel A. Contreras,1* Brian Egaas,1 K. Ramanathan,1 J. Hiltner,2 A. Swartzlander,1 F. Hasoon1 and Rommel Noufi1 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, USA 2Colorado State University, Department of Physics, PV Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA This short communication reports on achieving 18.8% total-area conversion e?ciency for a ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2/Mo polycrystalline thin-?lm solar cell. We also report a 15%-e?cient, Cd-f