Sodium distribution in solar-grade Cu2ZnSnS4 layers using atom-probe tomographic technique

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Tajima, Shin ^a   Asahi, Ryoji ^a   Isheim, Dieter ^b   Seidman, David N ^b   Itoh, Tadayoshi ^a   Ohishi, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROBES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI DOPING; ATOM PROBE; COMPOSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; CU2ZNSNS4; DETECTION LIMITS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHIES; TOMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84946042429     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.54.112302     Document Type: Article

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