Deep electron traps and origin of p-type conductivity in the earth-abundant solar-cell material Cu2ZnSnS4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Han, Dong ^a,b   Sun, Y Y ^a   Bang, Junhyeok ^a   Zhang, Y Y ^a   Sun, Hong Bo ^b   Li, Xian Bin ^b   Zhang, S B ^a,b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84876176748     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.155206     Document Type: Article

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