Device limitations and light-soaking effects in CZTSSe and CZTGeSSe

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2658-2663

  Hages, Charles J ^a   Moore, James ^a   Dongaonkar, Sourabh ^a   Alam, Muhammad ^a   Lundstrom, Mark ^a   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDTE; CONDUCTION BAND LEVELS; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; LIGHT SOAKING; LOW COSTS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SERIES RESISTANCES; TUNABLE BAND-GAP;

CONDUCTION BANDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84869383621     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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