Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells

Ho Song, Sang; Aydil, Eray S.; Campbell, Stephen A.

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.046

Title: Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells

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Authors:: Ho Song, Sang; Aydil, Eray S.; Campbell, Stephen A.

Publication Date:: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1250102

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0005319; RL-0003-12

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Journal Volume: 133 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0248

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Ho Song, Sang, Aydil, Eray S., and Campbell, Stephen A. Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells.  Netherlands: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.046.

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                    Ho Song, Sang, Aydil, Eray S., & Campbell, Stephen A. Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.046

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                    Ho Song, Sang, Aydil, Eray S., and Campbell, Stephen A. Sun .  
"Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.046.

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  title        = {Metal-oxide broken-gap tunnel junction for copper indium gallium diselenide tandem solar cells},

  author       = {Ho Song, Sang and Aydil, Eray S. and Campbell, Stephen A.},

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  year         = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},

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