The electronic structure of chalcopyrites - Bands, point defects and grain boundaries

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 390-410

  Siebentritt, Susanne ^a   Igalson, Malgorzata ^b   Persson, Clas ^c   Lany, Stephan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrites; Defects; Electronic structure; Grain boundaries; Metastabilities

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SITE DEFECT; BANDBENDING; CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; CHALCOPYRITES; DEFECT SPECTROSCOPY; EFFECTIVE MASS; METASTABILITIES; NATIVE DEFECT; ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEFECT STRUCTURES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 77956719134     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.936     Document Type: Article

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