Insights into Intrinsic Defects and the Incorporation of Na and K in the Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin-Film Solar Cell Material from Hybrid-Functional Calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2064-2069

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

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IBM   (Germany)

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

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIN;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FORMATION ENERGIES; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; INTERSTITIAL DEFECTS; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; SUBSTITUTIONAL DEFECTS; TRANSITION LEVEL;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84957539652     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11022     Document Type: Article

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