Elastic and optical properties of Cu 2SZnSn(Se xS 1S x) 4S alloys: Density functional calculations

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Camps, I ^a   Coutinho, J ^b   Mir, M ^a   Cunha, A F Da ^b   Rayson, M J ^c   Briddon, P R ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; ATOMIC POSITIONS; CHALCOGENS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION POTENTIAL; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; K-POINT SAMPLING; LATTICE VECTORS; MURNAGHAN EQUATION OF STATE; ORDERED ALLOYS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SUPER CELL; TETRAGONAL LATTICES; THEORETICAL STUDY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TOTAL ENERGY;

ALLOYING; ALLOYS; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; Z TRANSFORMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84868024307     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/27/11/115001     Document Type: Article

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