Mid-gap trap states in CdTe nanoparticle solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bezryadina, A ^a   France, C ^a   Graham, R ^a   Yang, L ^a   Carter, S A ^a   Alers, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE NANOPARTICLES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; INTRINSIC DENSITY; LONG RANGE; LONG-TERM AGING; MID-GAP TRAP; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SURFACE STATE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGANDS; NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84862933499     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3673278     Document Type: Article

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