Soft X-rays shedding light on thin-film solar cell surfaces and interfaces

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

Volumn 190, Issue PART A, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Bar M ^a,b,c   Pookpanratana, S ^c   Weinhardt, L ^c,d   Wilks, R G ^a   Schubert, B A ^a   Marsen, B ^a   Unold, T ^a   Blum, M ^c   Krause, S ^c   Zhang, Y ^c,e   Ranasinghe, A ^c   Ramanathan, K ^f   Repins, I ^f   Contreras, M A ^f   Nishiwaki, S ^g   Liu, X ^h,i   Paudel, N R ^h   Fuchs, O ^j   Niesen, T P ^k   Yang, W ^l   Karg, F ^k   Compaan, A D ^h   Shafarman, W N ^g   Noufi, R ^f   Schock, H W ^a   Heske, C ^c,d,m   more..

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^k AVANCIS GMBH   (Germany)

^l LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Electron spectroscopy; Soft X ray spectroscopy; Surfaces and interfaces; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; SOFT X-RAY; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACES AND INTERFACES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FILM PREPARATION; MULTILAYERS; SUN; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84890122266     PISSN: 03682048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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