Determination of bulk minority-carrier lifetime in BaSi2 earth-abundant absorber films by utilizing a drastic enhancement of carrier lifetime by post-growth annealing

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Hara, Kosuke O ^a,b   Usami, Noritaka ^a,b   Nakamura, Kotaro ^c   Takabe, Ryouta ^c   Baba, Masakazu ^c   Toko, Kaoru ^c   Suemasu, Takashi ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER FILMS; BULK LIFETIME; IONIC NATURE; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; POSTGROWTH ANNEALING; SURFACE AND INTERFACES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 84887724868     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7567/APEX.6.112302     Document Type: Article

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