Temperature dependent conductivity of polycrystalline Cu 2ZnSnS 4 thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Kosyak, V ^a   Karmarkar, M A ^a   Scarpulla, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BARRIER HEIGHTS; MOTT VARIABLE-RANGE HOPPING; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT CONDUCTIVITY;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; THERMIONIC EMISSION; TIN; ZINC;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84863301026     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4731875     Document Type: Article

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