Structural and electronic properties of silver/silicon interfaces and implications for solar cell performance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Butler, Keith T ^a   Vullum, Per Erik ^b   Muggerud, Astrid Marie ^c   Cabrera, Enrique ^d   Harding, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d International Solar Energy Research Center ISC Konstanz   (Germany)

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EID: 79961178004     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.235307     Document Type: Article

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