Recombination by grain-boundary type in CdTe

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Moseley, John ^a,b   Metzger, Wyatt K ^a   Moutinho, Helio R ^a   Paudel, Naba ^c   Guthrey, Harvey L ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^c   Ahrenkiel, Richard K ^a,b   Al Jassim, Mowafak M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; THIN FILMS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; COINCIDENT SITE LATTICES; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARY TYPES; MIS-ORIENTATION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; NONRADIATIVE CENTERS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 84937108836     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4926726     Document Type: Article

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