CuSbS2 as a promising earth-abundant photovoltaic absorber material: A combined theoretical and experimental study

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3135-3143

  Yang, Bo ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Han, Jun ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Song, Huaibing ^a   Chen, Shiyou ^b,d   Zhong, Jie ^a   Lv, Lu ^c   Niu, Dongmei ^c   Tang, Jiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FORMATION ENERGIES; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; P-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84901409183     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm500516v     Document Type: Article

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