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Simon Carter, Robert Clough, Andy Fisher, Bridget Gibson, Ben Russell and Julia Waack

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Impact of tellurium anion distribution depending on doping concentration and substrate temperature on the photovoltaic performance of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

Semih Agca, Hasan Arif Yetkin, Savas Sonmezoglu and Guven Cankaya

Sci Rep, 2025, 15
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In-situ XRD study on the selenisation parameters driving Ga/In interdiffusion in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 in a versatile, industrially-relevant selenisation furnace

R. Aninat, F.J. van den Bruele, J.J. Schermer, P. Tinnemans, J. Emmelkamp, E. Vlieg, M. van der Vleuten, H. Linden and M. Theelen

Solar Energy, 2021, 230, 1085
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Elucidating the Effect of the Different Buffer Layers on the Thermal Stability of CIGSe Solar Cells

Hasan A. Yetkin, Tim Kodalle, Tobias Bertram, Alejandra Villanueva Tovar, Reiner Klenk, Marin Rusu, Josefa Ibaceta-Jana, Florian Ruske, Ibrahim Simsek, Ruslan Muydinov, Bernd Szyszka, Rutger Schlatmann and Christian A. Kaufmann

IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2021, 11, 648
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What Can Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GD‐OES) Technique Tell Us about Perovskite Solar Cells?

Daming Zheng, Polina Volovitch and Thierry Pauporté

Small Methods, 2022, 6
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Decay mechanisms in CdS‐buffered Cu(In,Ga)Se2thin‐film solar cells after exposure to thermal stress: Understanding the role of Na

Hasan A. Yetkin, Tim Kodalle, Tobias Bertram, Alejandra Villanueva‐Tovar, Marin Rusu, Reiner Klenk, Bernd Szyszka, Rutger Schlatmann and Christian A. Kaufmann

Progress in Photovoltaics, 2021, 29, 1034
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Effects of material properties of band‐gap‐graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films on the onset of the quantum efficiency spectra of corresponding solar cells

Sinju Thomas, Tobias Bertram, Christian Kaufmann, Tim Kodalle, José A. Márquez Prieto, Hannes Hempel, Leo Choubrac, Wolfram Witte, Dimitrios Hariskos, Roland Mainz, Romain Carron, Jan Keller, Pablo Reyes‐Figueroa, Reiner Klenk and Daniel Abou‐Ras

Progress in Photovoltaics, 2022, 30, 1238
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A new approach to three-dimensional microstructure reconstruction of a polycrystalline solar cell using high-efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se2

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Sci Rep, 2024, 14
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Depth-resolved analysis of the effect of RbF post deposition treatment on CIGSe with two different Cu concentrations

Natalia Maticiuc, Tim Kodalle, Bünyamin Ümsür, Tobias Bertram, Robert Wenisch, Yajie Wang, Isheta Majumdar, Hasan A. Yetkin, Daniel Abou-Ras, Norbert Schäfer, Christian A. Kaufmann, Rutger Schlatmann and Iver Lauermann

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 226, 111071
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Statistical methods for linking material composition to recombination losses in optoelectronic devices

F. Giesl, A. K. Hartmann, P. Eraerds, C. Schubbert, H. Elanzeery, S. Heise, T. Dalibor and J. Parisi

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Effect of Na and the back contact on Cu2Zn(Sn,Ge)Se4 thin-film solar cells: Towards semi-transparent solar cells

Andrea Ruiz-Perona, Yudania Sánchez, Maxim Guc, Samira Khelifi, Tim Kodalle, Marcel Placidi, José Manuel Merino, Máximo León and Raquel Caballero

Solar Energy, 2020, 206, 555
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Beyond 20% World Record Efficiency for Thin-Film Solar Modules

Hossam Elanzeery, Marko Stölzel, Patrick Eraerds, Peter Borowski, Hisham Aboulfadl, Alberto Lomuscio, Detlef Helmecke, Christian Schubbert, Souhaib Oueslati, Matej Hála, Julian Röder, Florian Giesl and Thomas Dalibor

IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2024, 14, 107
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Analysis of Compositional Gradients in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Solar Cell Absorbers Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis with Different Acceleration Energies

Ulrike Künecke, Matthias Schuster and Peter Wellmann

Materials, 2021, 14, 2861
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Calibration capacity of hot-pressed hydrogen standards for glow discharge optical emission and mass spectrometry

Volker Hoffmann, Margitta Uhlemann, Silke Richter and Jens Pfeifer

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2021, 176, 106039
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A compact and efficient angle-resolved X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for elemental depth profiling

J. Baumann, D. Grötzsch, O. Scharf, T. Kodalle, R. Bergmann, F. Bilchenko, I. Mantouvalou and B. Kanngießer

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2021, 181, 106216
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Impact of Band‐gap Gradient in Semi‐Transparent and Bifacial Ultra‐Thin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

Christoph Rath, Yao Gao, Tristan Koehler and Martina Schmid

Adv Materials Inter, 2024, 11
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Cu(In,Ga)Se2:Te Thin Films for Stoichiometric Compensation by Using Co-Sputtering and Rapid Thermal Annealing

Sakal Pech, Yun Ju Rou, Sara Kim, Kang-Yeon Lee and Nam-Hoon Kim

Applied Sciences, 2023, 13, 4284
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The effect of annealing temperature on Cu2ZnGeSe4 thin films and solar cells grown on transparent substrates

Andrea Ruiz-Perona, Yudania Sánchez, Maxim Guc, Tim Kodalle, Marcel Placidi, José Manuel Merino, Fátima Cabello, Marina García-Pardo, Máximo León and Raquel Caballero

J. Phys. Mater., 2021, 4, 034009
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Surface morphology, electronic defects and passivation strategies at the p–n junction of Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells

Amala Elizabeth, Andreas May, Finnegan Volkamer, Florian Giesl, Hossam Elanzeery, Thomas Dalibor, Daniel Abou-Ras and Harry Mönig

J. Phys. Energy, 2025, 7, 025013
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A Device Model for Rb-Conditioned Chalcopyrite Solar Cells

Tim Kodalle, Hasan A. Yetkin, Alejandra Villanueva Tovar, Tobias Bertram, Reiner Klenk, Rutger Schlatmann and Christian A. Kaufmann

IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2021, 11, 232
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UV femtosecond single-pulse and collinear double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for depth-resolved characterization of nano-scaled films

N. Giannakaris, P. Siozos, V. Piñon, S.P. Banerjee, M. Sentis, J.D. Pedarnig and D. Anglos

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 640, 158354
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Control of perovskite film crystallization and growth direction to target homogeneous monolithic structures

Daming Zheng, Florian Raffin, Polina Volovitch and Thierry Pauporté

Nat Commun, 2022, 13
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Depth-profiling analysis of ZnO layers with three morphologies by direct-current glow discharge mass spectrometry

Lei Huang, Wang Zeng, Rong Qian, Shangjun Zhuo, Zheming Gu, Anqi Liu, Jie Gao and Qiao Chen

Microchemical Journal, 2023, 192, 108904
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Effectiveness of an RbF Post Deposition Treatment of CIGS Solar Cells in Dependence on the Cu Content of the Absorber Layer

Tim Kodalle, Tobias Bertram, Rutger Schlatmann and Christian A. Kaufmann

IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2019, 9, 1839
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Realizing Double Graded CIGSe Absorbers With the R2R Hybrid-CIGSe-Process

Nikolaus Weinberger, David Stock, Jochen Mesle, Christian A. Kaufmann, Tobias Bertram, Tim Kodalle, Roland Wuerz, Daniel Huber, Andreas Zimmermann, Georg Strauss and Roman Lackner

IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 2021, 11, 337
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Routes to develop a [S]/([S]+[Se]) gradient in wide band-gap Cu2ZnGe(S,Se)4 thin-film solar cells

Andrea Ruiz-Perona, Galina Gurieva, Michael Sun, Tim Kodalle, Yudania Sánchez, Maarja Grossberg, José Manuel Merino, Susan Schorr, Máximo León and Raquel Caballero

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 868, 159253
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Understanding deposition temperature dependent photovoltaic characteristics of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells: A study with thermally stable alkali aluminosilicate glass substrates

Muhammad Saifullah, Jae Ho Yun, Jihye Gwak, Joo Hyung Park, Yunae Cho, T. Bertram, T. Kodalle, R. Schlatmann and C.A. Kaufmann

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 221, 110875
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Semitransparent Wide Bandgap Cu2ZnGe(S,Se)4Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Role of the Sulfurization Process

Andrea Ruiz‐Perona, David Palma‐Lafuente, Yudania Sánchez, Maxim Guc, Tim Kodalle, Mohamed Ould Salem, Marcel Placidi, Rosalia Serna, Alejandro Pérez‐Rodríguez, José Manuel Merino and Raquel Caballero

Solar RRL, 2024, 8
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Wide band gap Cu2ZnGe(S,Se)4 thin films and solar cells: Influence of Na content and incorporation method

Andrea Ruiz-Perona, Maxim Guc, Yudania Sánchez, Tim Kodalle, José M. Merino, Máximo León and Raquel Caballero

Solar Energy, 2021, 226, 251
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Improving Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Solar Cells for Higher Power Conversion Efficiency through Light Management and Bandgap Engineering

Guillermo Farias-Basulto, Thede Mehlhop, Nicolas J. Otto, Tobias Bertram, Klaus Jäger, Stefan Gall, Nikolaus Weinberger, Rutger Schlatmann, Iver Lauermann, Reiner Klenk, Emil List-Kratochvil and Christian A. Kaufmann

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 56250
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