Bandgap engineering of ZnSnP 2 for high-efficiency solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Scanlon, David O ^a   Walsh, Aron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BAND GAP REDUCTION; DISORDERED MATERIALS; GRADED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; ORDER PARAMETER; QUASI-RANDOM; SPHALERITE STRUCTURE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84863332277     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4730375     Document Type: Article

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