Ab initio electronic structure calculations for metallic intermediate band formation in photovoltaic materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Wahnon P ^a,b   Tablero, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 25944471456     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.165115     Document Type: Article

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