Capacitance-spectroscopy identification of a key defect in N-degraded GalnNAs solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Kurtz, Sarah ^a   Johnston, Steve ^a   Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CAPACITANCE SIGNAL; CONDUCTION-BAND; DEEP-LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY (DLTS);

CAPACITANCE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERMI LEVEL; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17944373237     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1884267     Document Type: Article

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