Crossover from nanoscopic intergranular hopping to conventional charge transport in pyrite thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2781-2789

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Manno, Michael ^a   Baruth, Andrew ^a   Johnson, Melissa ^a   Aydil, Eray S ^a   Leighton, Chris ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

doping; Hall effect; hopping conduction; iron pyrite; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL TRANSPORTS; DIFFUSION LIMITED; HOPPING CONDUCTION; NON-TOXIC ELEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PYRITE THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); HALL EFFECT; PYRITES; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84875650046     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4003264     Document Type: Article

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