Direct observation of Cu, Zn cation disorder in Cu2ZnSnS 4 solar cell absorber material using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-34

  Mendis, Budhika G ^a   Shannon, Mervyn D ^b   Goodman, Max Cj ^a   Major, Jon D ^c   Claridge, Richard ^a   Halliday, Douglas P ^a   Durose, Ken ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adamantine compounds; CZTS; donor acceptor pair (DAP) recombination; point defects; solar energy materials

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ADAMANTINE COMPOUNDS; CARRIER COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; CZTS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR PAIRS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; MINORITY-CARRIER ELECTRONS; SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS;

EFFICIENCY; POINT DEFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84890566448     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2279     Document Type: Article

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