Tuning iron pyrite thin film microstructure by sulfurization of columnar iron precursors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-314

  Laforge, Joshua M ^a   Gyenes, Balazs ^a   Xu, Sijia ^a   Haynes, Landon K ^a   Titova, Lyubov V ^a   Hegmann, Frank A ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electro optical materials; Iron pyrite; Microstructures; Semiconductors; Sulfurization; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; FABRICATION ROUTES; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; GRANULAR MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; SULFURIZATION;

CRACKS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PYRITES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; VOID FRACTION;

IRON;

EID: 84880381495     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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