Energy level diagram around Ge-rich grain boundaries in Cu2Sn1-xGexS3 (CTGS) thin-film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-4

  Umehara, Mitsutaro ^a   Takeda, Yasuhiko ^a   Oh Ishi, Keiichiro ^a   Aoki, Yuko ^a   Motohiro, Tomoyoshi ^a   Sakai, Takenobu ^b   Maekawa, Ryosuke ^b  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

3DAP; CTGS; CTS; CZTS; Grain boundary; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PROBES; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

3DAP; CO-SPUTTERING DEPOSITION; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; CTGS; CZTS; DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84913538233     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.024     Document Type: Article

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