Shallow Defects in the Wide Gap Chalcopyrite CuGaSe2

Springer Series in Materials Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2006, Pages 113-156

  Siebentritt, Susanne ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep Acceptor; Deep Defect; Excitation Intensity; Hall Measurement; Native Defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072859657     PISSN: 0933033X     EISSN: 21962812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31293-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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