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Title: Mitigating Band Tailing in Kesterite Solar Absorbers: Ab Initio Quantum Dynamics

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
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  1. School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
  3. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China

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Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0014429
OSTI ID:
2476557
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 146; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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