Band tailing and efficiency limitation in kesterite solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Gokmen, Tayfun ^a   Gunawan, Oki ^a   Todorov, Teodor K ^a   Mitzi, David B ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND TAILING; CU(IN ,GA)(S ,SE)2; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS; KESTERITES; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884278531     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4820250     Document Type: Article

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