Optical properties and electronic structures of (4CuIn Se2) y (Cu In5 Se8) 1-y

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Han, Sung Ho ^a,b,d   Persson, Clas ^c   Hasoon, Falah S ^a   Al Thani, Hamda A ^a   Hermann, Allen M ^b   Levi, Dean H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748133062     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.085212     Document Type: Article

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