Device characteristics of a 10.1% hydrazine-processed Cu 2ZnSn(Se,S) 4 solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-11

  Barkhouse, D Aaron R ^a   Gunawan, Oki ^a   Gokmen, Tayfun ^a   Todorov, Teodor K ^a   Mitzi, David B ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cu 2ZnSn(S,Se) 4; earth abundant; kesterite; solution processing; thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; KESTERITES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLUTION PROCESS; SOLUTION PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

CAPACITANCE; CARRIER LIFETIME; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; COPYRIGHTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUIPMENT; GALLIUM; HYDRAZINE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 84855310625     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1160     Document Type: Article

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