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Kesterites and Chalcopyrites [electronic resource] : A Comparison of Close Cousins; Preprint

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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14 pages : digital, PDF file
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Chalcopyrite solar cells based on CuInSe2 and associated alloys have demonstrated high efficiencies, with current annual shipments in the hundreds of megawatts (MW) range and increasing. Largely due to concern over possible indium (In) scarcity, a related set of materials, the kesterites, which comprise Cu2ZnSnS4 and associated alloys, has received increasing attention. Similarities and differences between kesterites and chalcopyrites are discussed as drawn from theory, depositions, and materials characterization. In particular, we discuss predictions from density functional theory, results from vacuum co-evaporation, and characterization via x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, electron beam-induced current, quantum efficiency, secondary ion mass spectroscopy, and luminescence.
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E 1.99:nrel/cp-5200-51286
nrel/cp-5200-51286
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/2011.
"nrel/cp-5200-51286"
Presented at the 2011 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, 25-29 April 2011, San Francisco, California.
Young, M.; To, B.; Romero, M.; Noufi, R.; Yan, Y.; Du, H.; Repins, I.; Vora, N.; Beall, C.; Wei, S. H.; Teeter, G.
Funding Information
AC36-08GO28308
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