Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4

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Title: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu ₂ ZnSnS ₄ at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu ₂ ZnSnS ₄

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Aguiar, Jeffery A. ^[1]; Erkan, Mehmet E. ^[2]; Pruzan, Dennis S. ^[3]; Nagaoka, Akira ^[4]; Yoshino, Kenji ^[5]; Moutinho, Helio ^[1]; Al-Jassim, Mowafak ^[1]; Scarpulla, Michael A. ^[6]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO 80401 USA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112 USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112 USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112 USA, Department of Applied Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889 2192 Japan
Department of Applied Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889 2192 Japan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112 USA, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, UT 84112 USA

Publication Date:: 2016-04-05

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1400554

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08-GO28308

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physica Status Solidi. A, Applications and Materials Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physica Status Solidi. A, Applications and Materials Science Journal Volume: 213 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1862-6300

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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                    Aguiar, Jeffery A., Erkan, Mehmet E., Pruzan, Dennis S., Nagaoka, Akira, Yoshino, Kenji, Moutinho, Helio, Al-Jassim, Mowafak, and Scarpulla, Michael A. Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4.  Germany: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Aguiar, Jeffery A., Erkan, Mehmet E., Pruzan, Dennis S., Nagaoka, Akira, Yoshino, Kenji, Moutinho, Helio, Al-Jassim, Mowafak, & Scarpulla, Michael A. Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4.  Germany.  doi:10.1002/pssa.201600060.

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                    Aguiar, Jeffery A., Erkan, Mehmet E., Pruzan, Dennis S., Nagaoka, Akira, Yoshino, Kenji, Moutinho, Helio, Al-Jassim, Mowafak, and Scarpulla, Michael A. Tue .  
        "Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4".  Germany.  doi:10.1002/pssa.201600060.

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  title        = {Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy: Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4},

  author       = {Aguiar, Jeffery A. and Erkan, Mehmet E. and Pruzan, Dennis S. and Nagaoka, Akira and Yoshino, Kenji and Moutinho, Helio and Al-Jassim, Mowafak and Scarpulla, Michael A.},

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  doi          = {10.1002/pssa.201600060},

  journal      = {Physica Status Solidi. A, Applications and Materials Science},

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  volume       = 213,

  place        = {Germany},

  year         = {2016},

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