Native oxidation and Cu-poor surface structure of thin film Cu 2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorbers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Bar M ^a,b   Schubert, B A ^a   Marsen, B ^a   Krause, S ^b   Pookpanratana, S ^b   Unold, T ^a   Weinhardt, L ^c   Heske, C ^b   Schock, H W ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CU-POOR; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER; SULFUR; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TIN; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 80053194795     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3637574     Document Type: Article

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