Excitonic Effects in Emerging Photovoltaic Materials: A Case Study in Cu2O

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 431-437

  Omelchenko, Stefan T ^a   Tolstova, Yulia ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; COPPER OXIDES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; MEASURED CURRENTS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC OPERATION; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM; SPECTRAL RESPONSE MEASUREMENTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 85032702197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00704     Document Type: Review

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