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Thin-film solar cells on perlite glass-ceramic substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2013

Stepan G. Petrosyan ,
Virab H. Babayan ,
Ashot S. Musayelyan ,
Levon A. Harutyunyan ,
Valery B. Zalesski ,
Vladimir M. Kravchenko ,
Tatyana R. Leonova ,
Alexander M. Polikanin  and
Alexander A. Khodin
Stepan G. Petrosyan
Affiliation:
Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Alikhanyan Brs. Str.1, 0203 Ashtarak, Armenia Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, H. Emin Str. 123,0051 Yerevan, Armenia
Virab H. Babayan
Affiliation:
Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Alikhanyan Brs. Str.1, 0203 Ashtarak, Armenia
Ashot S. Musayelyan*
Affiliation:
Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Alikhanyan Brs. Str.1, 0203 Ashtarak, Armenia
Levon A. Harutyunyan
Affiliation:
Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Alikhanyan Brs. Str.1, 0203 Ashtarak, Armenia
Valery B. Zalesski
Affiliation:
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 68, BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
Vladimir M. Kravchenko
Affiliation:
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 68, BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
Tatyana R. Leonova
Affiliation:
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 68, BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
Alexander M. Polikanin
Affiliation:
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 68, BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
Alexander A. Khodin
Affiliation:
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospekt Nezavisimosti 68, BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
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Abstract

For the first time, thin-film CIGS solar cells have been fabricated by co-evaporation on specially developed non-conducting perlite (an aluminum potassium sodium silicate natural mineral of volcanic origin) glass-ceramic substrates to develop a fully integrated photovoltaic and building element. Such glass-ceramic material can meet the physical requirements to solar cells substrates as well as the cost goals. The preliminary data presented show that CIGS solar cells deposited on ceramic substrates can exhibit efficiency higher than 10%.

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Research Article
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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , 30103
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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