Investigation of properties limiting efficiency in Cu2ZnSnSe4-based solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 649-655

  Brammertz, Guy ^a,b   Oueslati, Souhaib ^a,b,c,d   Buffière, Marie ^e,f   Bekaert, Jonas ^g   El Anzeery, Hossam ^a,b,c,h   Messaoud, Khaled Ben ^a,b,c,d   Sahayaraj, Sylvester ^a,b   Nuytten, Thomas ^e   Köble, Christine ⁱ   Meuris, Marc ^a,b   Poortmans, Jozef ^e,f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e IMEC   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^h Nile University   (Egypt)

ⁱ HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admittance spectroscopy; Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe); defect; kesterite; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; KESTERITES; LIMITING EFFICIENCIES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS; RECOMBINATION CURRENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85027949260     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2376053     Document Type: Article

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