Indications of short minority-carrier lifetime in kesterite solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Repins, I L ^a   Moutinho, H ^a   Choi, S G ^a   Kanevce, A ^a   Kuciauskas, D ^a   Dippo, P ^a   Beall, C L ^a   Carapella, J ^a   Dehart, C ^a   Huang, B ^a   Wei, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DEVICE MODELING; ELECTRON-BEAM-INDUCED CURRENT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; LOWER VOLTAGES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VOLTAGE LOSS;

SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 84883862171     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4819849     Document Type: Article

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