9.0% efficient Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells from selenized nanoparticle inks

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 654-659

  Miskin, Caleb K ^a   Yang, Wei Chang ^a   Hages, Charles J ^a   Carter, Nathaniel J ^a   Joglekar, Chinmay S ^a   Stach, Eric A ^b   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CZTS; CZTSSe; nanoparticle ink; photovoltaics; selenization; thin films

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIN COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CZTS; CZTSSE; NANOPARTICLE INKS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SELENIZATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84927577533     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2472     Document Type: Article

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