Cathodoluminescence of Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 thin films used in high-efficiency solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4770-4772

  Romero, Manuel J ^a   Ramanathan, Kannan ^a   Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak M ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Sheldon, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITATION DENSITY; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0347567436     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1631083     Document Type: Article

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