Photon emission in CuIn Se2 thin films observed by scanning tunneling microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Romero, Manuel J ^a   Jiang, Chun Sheng ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUINSE2 (CIS); MINORITY CARRIERS; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE MICROSCOPY (SKPM); SCANNING TUNNELING LUMINESCENCE (STL);

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 17444406627     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1897048     Document Type: Article

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