Weak Anharmonicity Rationalizes the Temperature-Driven Acceleration of Nonradiative Dynamics in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 Photoabsorbers

Zhang, Pingzhi; Hou, Zhufeng; Jiang, Li; Yang, Jack; Saidi, Wissam A.; Prezhdo, Oleg V.; Li, Wei

doi:10.1021/acsami.1c21526

Weak Anharmonicity Rationalizes the Temperature-Driven Acceleration of Nonradiative Dynamics in Cu ₂ ZnSnS ₄ Photoabsorbers

Journal Article · 17 December 2021 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c21526· OSTI ID:1978254

Zhang, Pingzhi ^[1]; ^[2]; Jiang, Li ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[1]

School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
School of Material Science and Engineering, Materials and Manufacturing Futures Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 15261, Pennsylvania, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, California, United States

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0014429

OSTI ID:: 1978254

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 13, Issue 51; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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