Texture and electronic activity of grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 thin films

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 82, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1-7

  Hanna, G ^a   Glatzel, T ^b   Sadewasser, S ^b   Ott, N ^c   Strunk, H P ^c   Rau, U ^a   Werner, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC ACTIVITY; FILM TEXTURES; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 29144449213     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-005-3411-1     Document Type: Article

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