Hybrid-Functional Calculations on the Incorporation of Na and K Impurities into the CuInSe2 and CuIn5Se8 Solar-Cell Materials

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25197-25203

  Ghorbani, Elaheh ^a,b   Kiss, Janos ^c   Mirhosseini, Hossein ^c   Roma, Guido ^a,d   Schmidt, Markus ^b   Windeln, Johannes ^e   Kühne, Thomas D ^f   Felser, Claudia ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IBM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^d SERVICE DE RECHERCHES DE MÉTALLURGIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^e Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule Darmstadt Mobile University of Technology   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYBRID MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; POINT DEFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

FORMATION ENERGIES; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; INTERSTITIAL DEFECTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; SUBSTITUTIONAL DEFECTS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84946839319     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07639     Document Type: Article

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