Band alignment at the CdS Cu (In,Ga) S2 interface in thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Weinhardt, L ^a,b,c   Fuchs, O ^a,b,c   Gross D ^a,b,c   Storch, G ^a,b,c   Umbach, E ^a,b,c   Dhere, N G ^b,c   Kadam, A A ^b,c   Kulkarni, S S ^b,c   Heske, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHOTOEMISSION; SOLAR CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 18644386193     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1861958     Document Type: Article

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