From kesterite to stannite photovoltaics: Stability and band gaps of the Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4 alloy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Shibuya, Taizo ^a   Goto, Yosuke ^a   Kamihara, Yoichi ^a   Matoba, Masanori ^a   Yasuoka, Kenji ^a   Burton, Lee A ^b   Walsh, Aron ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP BOWINGS; CONDUCTION STATE; EXOTHERMIC ENTHALPY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH SOLUBILITY; LATTICE SPACING; PHOTOABSORPTIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CALCULATIONS; COPPER; ENERGY GAP; ZINC;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 84893092433     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4862030     Document Type: Article

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