The chemical and electronic surface and interface structure of CuGaSe 2 thin-film solar cell absorbers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Bar M ^a,b   Rusu, M ^b   Lehmann, S ^b   Schedel Niedrig, Th ^b   Lauermann, I ^b   Lux Steiner, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GALLIUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CUGASE2; CUGASE2 THIN FILMS; ELECTRONIC SURFACES; FERMI ENERGIES; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 57649114073     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2998391     Document Type: Article

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