Grain-boundary recombination in Cu (In,Ga) Se2 solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Gloeckler, Markus ^a   Sites, James R ^a   Metzger, Wyatt K ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK HOLES; DEPLETION REGIONS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY RECOMBINATION; MINORITY-ELECTRON REPULSION;

BAND STRUCTURE; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 29144449304     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2133906     Document Type: Article

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