On charge carrier recombination in Sb2S3 and its implication for the performance of solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 20525-20530

  Darga, Arouna ^a   Mencaraglia, Denis ^a   Longeaud, Christophe ^a   Savenije, Tom J ^b   O'Regan, Brian ^c   Bourdais, Stéphane ^d   Muto, Takuma ^d   Delatouche, Bruno ^d   Dennler, Gilles ^d  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMRA Europe SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER RECOMBINATION; DENSITY OF CHARGES; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT; NON-TOXIC ELEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84885660557     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4072394     Document Type: Article

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