Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 100(2024)
Tuning the band gap of the CIGS solar buffer layer Cd1-xZnxS (x=0—1) to achieve high efficiency
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TAN Zhiyuan, XUE Yuming, DAI Hongli, WANG Luoxin, HU Xiaofeng, BAI Xin. Tuning the band gap of the CIGS solar buffer layer Cd1-xZnxS (x=0—1) to achieve high efficiency[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2024, 20(2): 100
Received: Dec. 27, 2022
Accepted: Jul. 8, 2023
Published Online: Jul. 24, 2024
The Author Email: Yuming XUE (orwellx@tjut.edu.cn)