Order-disorder related band gap changes in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4: Impact on solar cell performance

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Krammer, Christoph ^a   Huber, Christian ^a   Schnabel, Thomas ^b   Zimmermann, Christian ^a   Lang, Mario ^a   Ahlswede, Erik ^b   Kalt, Heinz ^a   Hetterich, Michael ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4; Electroreflectance; Order Disorder

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ENERGY GAP; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

ABSORBER BAND GAP; CU2ZNSN(S,SE)4; ELECTROREFLECTANCE; ELECTROREFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TUBE FURNACES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84961618436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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