Self-compensation of intrinsic defects in the ternary semiconductor CuGaSe2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Schuler, Steffen ^a   Siebentritt, Susanne ^a   Nishiwaki, Shiro ^a   Rega, Niklas ^a   Beckmann, Joerg ^a   Brehme, Stephan ^a   Lux Steiner, Martha Ch ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GALLIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FILM; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 85039001535     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.045210     Document Type: Article

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