Long lifetimes in high-efficiency Cu (In,Ga) Se2 solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Metzger, Wyatt K ^a   Repins, Ingrid L ^a   Contreras, Miguel A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

HIGH EFFICIENCY; POLY CRYSTALLINE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (TRPL);

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 47549106665     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2957983     Document Type: Article

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