Earth abundant element Cu2Zn(Sn1-xGex)S4 nanocrystals for tunable band gap solar cells: 6.8% Efficient device fabrication

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2626-2629

  Ford, Grayson M ^a   Guo, Qijie ^a   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a   Hillhouse, Hugh W ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CZTGS; CZTGSSe; CZTS; CZTSSe; Germanium; Low cost; Photovoltaic; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CZTGS; CZTGSSE; CZTS; CZTSSE; LOW-COST; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; ZINC;

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EID: 79959993496     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm2002836     Document Type: Article

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