Explanation of red spectral shifts at CdTe grain boundaries

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Moseley, J ^a,b,c   Al Jassim, M M ^a   Moutinho, H R ^a   Guthrey, H L ^a   Metzger, W K ^a   Ahrenkiel, R K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; CLOSE SPACED SUBLIMATION; DONOR-ACCEPTOR PAIRS; GRAIN BOUNDARY RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; RED SPECTRAL SHIFTS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84889851434     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4838015     Document Type: Article

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