Light absorption and emission in semiconductors with band gap fluctuations-A study on Cu (In,Ga) Se2 thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Mattheis, Julian ^a   Rau, Uwe ^a   Werner, Jürgen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP FLUCTUATIONS; BAND GAP INHOMOGENEITIES; CARRIER DIFFUSION; LIGHT ABSORPTANCE; QUATERNARY ALLOYS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 34250629739     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2721768     Document Type: Article

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