Charge carrier dynamics and recombination in graded band gap CuIn 1-xGaxSe2 polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic solar cell absorbers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Kuciauskas, Darius ^a   Li, Jian V ^a   Contreras, Miguel A ^a   Pankow, Joel ^a   Dippo, Patricia ^a   Young, Matthew ^a   Mansfield, Lorelle M ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a   Levi, Dean ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; DONOR-ACCEPTOR PAIRS; MINORITY-CARRIER MOBILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84886537520     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4825211     Document Type: Article

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