Reversibility of (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 electrical properties with the addition and removal of Na: Role of grain boundaries

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Forest, Robert V ^a,b   Eser, Erten ^b   McCandless, Brian E ^b   Chen, Jingguang G ^c   Birkmire, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEFECTS; GALLIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SILVER;

GRAIN CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN INTERIORS; HEATING TIME; LOW TEMPERATURES; NA CONTENT; RE ADDITIONS; WATER RINSING;

SODIUM;

EID: 84925601175     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4915334     Document Type: Article

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