Stability of the bandgap in Cu-poor CuInSe 2

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 45, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Dan ^a   Persson, Clas ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SITE DEFECT; BAND GAP ENERGY; CU-POOR; FORMATION ENERGIES; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; NATIVE DEFECT;

DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867967049     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/45/455503     Document Type: Article

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