Open questions after 20 years of CuInS 2 research

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 507-511

  Scheer, Roland ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

band offset; carrier lifetime; Cu(In,Ga)S 2; CuInS 2; interface recombination; thin film; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BAND OFFSETS; CU(IN ,GA)S; CUINS 2; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; ZNO;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864437320     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2155     Document Type: Article

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