Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory

Schwartz, Craig; Nordlund, Dennis; Weng, Tsu-Chien; Sokaras, Dimosthenis; Mansfield, Lorelle; Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.; Ramanathan, Kannan; Hurst, Katherine E.; Prendergast, David; Christensen, Steven T.

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2016.01.043

Title: Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory

Authors:: Schwartz, Craig; Nordlund, Dennis; Weng, Tsu-Chien; Sokaras, Dimosthenis; Mansfield, Lorelle; Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.; Ramanathan, Kannan; Hurst, Katherine E.; Prendergast, David; Christensen, Steven T.

Publication Date:: Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1338850

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231 respectively; AC02-76SF00515

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: 149 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0248

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Schwartz, Craig, Nordlund, Dennis, Weng, Tsu-Chien, Sokaras, Dimosthenis, Mansfield, Lorelle, Krishnapriyan, Aditi S., Ramanathan, Kannan, Hurst, Katherine E., Prendergast, David, and Christensen, Steven T. Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory.  Netherlands: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Schwartz, Craig, Nordlund, Dennis, Weng, Tsu-Chien, Sokaras, Dimosthenis, Mansfield, Lorelle, Krishnapriyan, Aditi S., Ramanathan, Kannan, Hurst, Katherine E., Prendergast, David, & Christensen, Steven T. Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.01.043

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                    Schwartz, Craig, Nordlund, Dennis, Weng, Tsu-Chien, Sokaras, Dimosthenis, Mansfield, Lorelle, Krishnapriyan, Aditi S., Ramanathan, Kannan, Hurst, Katherine E., Prendergast, David, and Christensen, Steven T. Sun .  
"Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.01.043.

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  title        = {Electronic structure study of the CdS buffer layer in CIGS solar cells by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Experiment and theory},

  author       = {Schwartz, Craig and Nordlund, Dennis and Weng, Tsu-Chien and Sokaras, Dimosthenis and Mansfield, Lorelle and Krishnapriyan, Aditi S. and Ramanathan, Kannan and Hurst, Katherine E. and Prendergast, David and Christensen, Steven T.},

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  journal      = {Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 149,

  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

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