Self-regulated growth and tunable properties of CuSbS2 solar absorbers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 499-506

  Welch, Adam W ^a,b   Zawadzki, Pawel P ^a   Lany, Stephan ^a   Wolden, Colin A ^b   Zakutayev, Andriy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antimony; Chalcogenide; Chalcostibite; Combinatorial; CuSbS2; Earth abundant; Layered structure; Sputter deposition

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARACTERIZATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETRONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SULFIDE MINERALS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CHALCOSTIBITE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COMBINATORIAL; CUSBS2; LAYERED STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908432659     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.041     Document Type: Article

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