Light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based solar cells caused by the (VSe-VCu) vacancy complex

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lany, Stephan ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMPHOTERIC NATURE; BAND GAP; CARRIER CAPTURE; METASTABILITY; VACANCY COMPLEX;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33845802139     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2388256     Document Type: Article

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