Void formation and surface energies in Cu(InGa)Se 2

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Lei, C ^a   Rockett, A ^a   Robertson, I M ^a   Shafarman, W N ^b   Beck, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Global Solar Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC VACANCIES; CHALCOPYRITE STRUCTURES; VOID FORMATION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); EVAPORATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

EID: 33749998092     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2357422     Document Type: Article

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