Thickness-limited performance of CuInSe2 nanocrystal photovoltaic devices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Akhavan, Vahid A ^a   Panthani, Matthew G ^a   Goodfellow, Brian W ^a   Reid, Dariya K ^a   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CHARGE CARRIER TRAPPING; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT LIGHT; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MOTT-SCHOTTKY; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THIN LAYERS; WIDE SPECTRUM;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956996274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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