Direct observation of copper depletion and potential changes at copper indium gallium diselenide grain boundaries

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Hetzer, M J ^a   Strzhemechny, Y M ^b   Gao, M ^b   Contreras, M A ^c   Zunger, A ^c   Brillson, L J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE ENERGY; COPPER DEPLETION; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; MICRO-CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY (CLS);

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20944436680     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1906331     Document Type: Article

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