Co-evaporated Cu 2ZnSnSe 4 films and devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-159

  Repins, Ingrid ^a   Beall, Carolyn ^a   Vora, Nirav ^a   Dehart, Clay ^a   Kuciauskas, Darius ^a   Dippo, Pat ^a   To, Bobby ^a   Mann, Jonathan ^a   Hsu, Wan Ching ^b   Goodrich, Alan ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evaporation; CZTS; Earth abundant; Kesterite; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CO-EVAPORATED; CO-EVAPORATIONS; CROSS-OVER; CURRENT VOLTAGE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; CZTS; EARTH-ABUNDANT; FILM COMPOSITION; FILM PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; KESTERITES; NEW RESULTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SERIES RESISTANCES; TOTAL-AREA EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84859519519     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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