Effect of band offset on the open circuit voltage of heterojunction CuIn1-xGaxSe2 solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 5607-5609

  Yamada, Akimasa ^a   Matsubara, Koji ^a   Sakurai, Keiichiro ^a   Ishizuka, Shogo ^a   Tampo, Hitoshi ^a   Fons, Paul J ^a   Iwata, Kakuya ^a   Niki, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR CELLS;

BAND OFFSET; CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; CONDUCTION BAND; ELECTRON AFFINITY;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 12844272936     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1831566     Document Type: Article

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