CuSbS2 and CuBiS2 as potential absorber materials for thin-film solar cells

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Persson, Clas ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES APPROACHES; FUNDAMENTAL BAND GAP; INDIRECT-GAP NATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; STRONG ABSORPTIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CALCULATIONS; COPPER; MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; TECHNOLOGY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84879906892     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4812448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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