Experimental indication for band gap widening of chalcopyrite solar cell absorbers after potassium fluoride treatment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pistor, P ^b   Greiner, D ^a   Kaufmann, C A ^a   Brunken, S ^a   Gorgoi, M ^a   Steigert, A ^a   Calvet, W ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Klenk, R ^a   Unold, T ^a   Lux Steiner, M C ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BAND GAP WIDENING; CHALCOPYRITE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC CHANGES; HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; POTASSIUM FLUORIDES; RECORD EFFICIENCIES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940066865     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4892882     Document Type: Article

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