Understanding the defect physics in polycrystalline photovoltaic materials

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 401-402, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-32

  Yan, Yanfa ^a   Jones, K M ^a   Jiang, C S ^a   Wu, X Z ^a   Noufi, R ^a   Al Jassim, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; CuInSe2; Density functional theory; Electron microscopy; Grain boundaries; Photovoltaic; Si

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; STACKING FAULTS;

ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; WURTZITE LAYERS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 36048938738     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.106     Document Type: Article

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