Analysis of loss mechanisms in Ag 2 ZnSnSe 4 Schottky barrier photovoltaics

Gershon, Talia; Gunawan, Oki; Gokmen, Tayfun; Brew, Kevin W.; Singh, Saurabh; Hopstaken, Marinus; Poindexter, Jeremy R.; Barnard, Edward S.; Buonassisi, Tonio; Haight, Richard

doi:10.1063/1.4982906

Title: Analysis of loss mechanisms in Ag ₂ ZnSnSe ₄ Schottky barrier photovoltaics

Journal Article · Sun May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982906· OSTI ID:1355948

Gershon, Talia ^[1];

^[1]; Gokmen, Tayfun ^[1];

^[1]; Singh, Saurabh ^[1]; Hopstaken, Marinus ^[1];

^[2]; Barnard, Edward S. ^[3]; Buonassisi, Tonio ^[2]; Haight, Richard ^[1]

IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

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