Ionization of high-density deep donor defect states explains the low photovoltage of iron pyrite single crystals

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 17163-17179

  Cabán Acevedo, Miguel ^a   Kaiser, Nicholas S ^a   English, Caroline R ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Thompson, Blaise J ^a   Chen, Hong En ^a   Czech, Kyle J ^a   Wright, John C ^a   Hamers, Robert J ^a   Jin, Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION; IRON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PYRITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE STATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HOLISTIC EVALUATIONS; KELVIN FORCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; SEMI-CONDUCTING PROPERTY; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ACETONITRILE; IRON; PYRITE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; IONIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84918569819     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja509142w     Document Type: Article

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