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Determining interface properties limiting open-circuit voltage in heterojunction solar cells
R.E. Brandt, N.M. Mangan, J.V. Li, Y.S. Lee, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Applied Physics 121, 185301 (2017)
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Journal of Applied Physics 121, 185301 (2017)
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Increased throughput and sensitivity of synchrotron-based characterization for photovoltaic materials
A.E. Morishige, H.S. Laine, E.E. Looney, M. Ann Jensen, S. Vogt, J.B. Li, B. Lai, H. Savin, and T. BuonassisiIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7, 763–771 (2017)
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Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Trajectories and challenges
N.M. Haegel, R. Margolis, T. Buonassisi, D. Feldman, A. Froitzheim, R. Garabedian, M. Green, S. Glunz, H.-M. Henning, B. Holder, I. Kaizuka, B. Kroposki, K. Matsubara, S. Niki, K. Sakurai, R.A. Schindler, W. Tumas, E.R. Weber, G. Wilson, M. Woodhouse, and S. KurtzScience 356, 141–143 (2017)
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23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability
K.A. Bush, A.F. Palmstrom, Z.J. Yu, M. Boccard, R. Cheacharoen, J.P. Mailoa, D.P. McMeekin, R.L.Z. Hoye, C.D. Bailie, T. Leijtens, I.M. Peters, M.C. Minichetti, N. Rolston, R. Prasanna, S. Sofia, D. Harwood, W. Ma, F. Moghadam, H.J. Snaith, T. Buonassisi, Z.C. Holman, S.F. Bent, and M.D. McGeheeNature Energy 2, 17009 (2017)
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Perovskite-inspired photovoltaic materials: Toward best practices in materials characterization and calculations
R.L.Z. Hoye, P. Schulz, L.T. Schelhas, A.M. Holder, K.H. Stone, J.D. Perkins, D. Vigil-Fowler, S. Siol, D.O. Scanlon, A. Zakutayev, A. Walsh, I.C. Smith, B.C. Melot, R.C. Kurchin, Y. Wang, J. Shi, F.C. Marques, J.J. Berry, W. Tumas, S. Lany, V. Stevanovic, M.F. Toney, and T. BuonassisiChemistry of Materials DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03852 (2017)
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Highly tensile-strained Ge/InAlAs nanocomposites
D. Jung, J. Faucher, S. Mukherjee, A.J. Akey, D.J. Ironside, M. Cabral, X. Sang, J. Lebeau, S.R. Bank, T. Buonassisi, O. Moutanabbir, and M.L. LeeNature Communications 8, 14204 (2017)
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The effect of sub-oxide phases on the transparency of tin-doped gallium oxide
K. Lim, L.T. Schelhas, S.C. Siah, R.E. Brandt, A. Zakutayev, S. Lany, B. Gorman, C.J. Sun, D.S. Ginley, T. Buonassisi, and M.F. ToneyApplied Physics Letters 109, 141909 (2016)
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A two-step absorber deposition approach to overcome shunt losses in thin-film solar cells: Using tin sulfide as a proof-of-concept material system
V. Steinmann, R. Chakraborty, P.H. Rekemeyer, K. Hartman, R.E. Brandt, A. Polizzotti, C. Yang, T. Moriarty, S. Gradečak, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiApplied Materials & Interfaces 8, 22664–22670 (2016)
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Energy-yield prediction for II–VI-based thin-film tandem solar cells
J.P. Mailoa, M. Lee, I.M. Peters, T. Buonassisi, A. Panchula, and D.N. WeissEnergy & Environmental Science 9, 2644 (2016)
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Techno-economic analysis of tandem photovoltaic systems
I.M. Peters, S. Sofia, J.P. Mailoa, and T. BuonassisiRSC Advances DOI: 10.1039/C6RA07553C (2016)
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On the methodology of energy yield assessment for one-Sun tandem solar cells
H. Liu, A.G. Aberle, T. Buonassisi, and I.M. PetersSolar Energy 135, 598–604 (2016)
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Nanohole structuring for improved performance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon photovoltaics
E.C. Johlin, A. Al-Obeidi, G. Nogay, M. Stuckelberger, T. Buonassisi, and J.C. GrossmanACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 15169–15176 (2016)
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A framework for process-to-module modeling of a-Si/c-Si (HIT) heterojunction solar cells to investigate the cell-to-module efficiency gap
R.V.K. Chavali, E.C. Johlin, J.L. Gray, T. Buonassisi, and M.A. AlamIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2557060 (2016)
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The effect of embedded nanopillars on the built-in electric field of amorphous silicon p–i–n devices
T.R. Kirkpatrick, C.B. Simmons, A.J. Akey, N. Tabet, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Applied Physics 119, 194501 (2016)
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Solar research not finished
S. Kurtz, H. Atwater, A. Rockett, T. Buonassisi, C. Honsberg, and J. BennerNature Photonics 10, 141–142 (2016)
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The impact of sodium contamination in tin sulfide thin-film solar cells
V. Steinmann, R.E. Brandt, R. Chakraborty, R. Jaramillo, M.R. Young, B.K. Ofori-Okai, C. Yang, A. Polizzotti, K.A. Nelson, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiAPL Materials 4, 026103 (2016)
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Transient terahertz photoconductivity measurements of minority-carrier lifetime in tin sulfide thin films: Advanced metrology for an early stage photovoltaic material
R. Jaramillo, M.-J. Sher, B.K. Ofori-Okai, V. Steinmann, C. Yang, K. Hartman, K.A. Nelson, A.M. Lindenberg, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Applied Physics 119, 035101 (2016)
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Dopant activation in Sn-doped Ga2O3 investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
S.C. Siah, R.E. Brandt, K. Lim, L.T. Schelhas, R. Jaramillo, M.D. Heinemann, D. Chua, J. Wright, J.D. Perkins, C.U. Segre, R.G. Gordon, M.F. Toney, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 107, 252103 (2015)
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Methylammonium bismuth iodide as a lead-free, stable hybrid organic-inorganic solar absorber
R.L.Z. Hoye, R.E. Brandt, A. Osherov, V. Stevanovic, S.D. Stranks, M.W.B. Wilson, H. Kim, A.J. Akey, J.D. Perkins, R.C. Kurchin, J.R. Poindexter, E.N. Wang, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulovic, and T. BuonassisiChemistry: A European Journal 22, 2605–2610 (2015)
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Stress effects on the Raman spectrum of an amorphous material: Theory and experiment on a-Si:H
D.A. Strubbe, E.C. Johlin, T.R. Kirkpatrick, T. Buonassisi, and J.C. GrossmanPhysical Review B 92, 241202 (2015)
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Development of an in situ temperature stage for synchrotron X-ray spectromicroscopy
R. Chakraborty, J. Serdy, B. West, M. Stuckelberger, B. Lai, J. Maser, M.I. Bertoni, M. Culpepper, and T. BuonassisiReview of Scientific Instruments 86, 113705 (2015)
Supporting online materials: ftp://ftp.aip.org/epaps/rev_sci_instrum/E-RSINAK-86-063511
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Investigation of bismuth triiodide (BiI3) for photovoltaic applications
R.E. Brandt, R.C. Kurchin, R.L.Z. Hoye, J.R. Poindexter, M.W.B. Wilson, S. Sulekar, F. Lenahan, P.X.T. Yen, V. Stevanovic, J.C. Nino, M.G. Bawendi, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6, 4297–4302 (2015)
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Spontaneous lateral phase separation of AlInP during thin film growth and its effect on luminescence
K. Mukherjee, A.G. Norman, A.J. Akey, T. Buonassisi, and E.A. FitzgeraldJournal of Applied Physics 118, 115306 (2015)
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Framework to predict optimal buffer layer pairing for thin film solar cell absorbers: A case study for tin sulfide/zinc oxysulfide
N.M. Mangan, R.E. Brandt, V. Steinmann, R. Jaramillo, C. Yang, J.R. Poindexter, R. Chakraborty, H.H. Park, X. Zhao, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Applied Physics 118, 115102 (2015)
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The capital intensity of photovoltaics manufacturing: barrier to scale and opportunity for innovation
D.M. Powell, R. Fu, K. Horowitz, P.A. Basore, M. Woodhouse, and T. BuonassisiEnergy & Environmental Science 8, 3395–3408 (2015)
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Two-step annealing study of cuprous oxide for photovoltaic applications
M. Lloyd, S.C. Siah, R.E. Brandt, J. Serdy, S.W. Johnston, J. Hofstetter, Y.S. Lee, B. McCandless, and T. BuonassisiIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5, 1476–1481 (2015)
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Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs): opportunities and challenges
J. Berry, T. Buonassisi, D.A. Egger, G. Hodes, L. Kronik, Y.-L. Loo, I. Lubomirsky, S.R. Marder, Y. Mastai, J.S. Miller, D.B. Mitzi, Y. Paz, A.M. Rappe, I. Riess, B. Rybtschinski, O. Stafsudd, V. Stevanovic, M.F. Toney, D. Zitoun, A. Kahn, D.S. Ginley, and D. CahenAdvanced Materials 27, 5102 (2015)
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Non-cubic solar cell materials
V. Steinmann, R.E. Brandt, and T. BuonassisiNature Photonics 9, 355 (2015)
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Making record-efficiency SnS solar cells by thermal evaporation and atomic layer deposition
R. Jaramillo, V. Steinmann, C. Yang, K. Hartman, R. Chakraborty, J.R. Poindexter, M.L. Castillo, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Visualized Experiments 99, e52705 (2015)
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Identifying defect-tolerant semiconductors with high minority-carrier lifetimes: beyond hybrid lead halide perovskites
R.E. Brandt, V. Stevanovic, D.S. Ginley, and T. BuonassisiMRS Communications 5, 265–275 (2015)
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Non-monotonic effect of growth temperature on carrier collection in SnS solar cells
R. Chakraborty, V. Steinmann, N.M. Mangan, R.E. Brandt, J.R. Poindexter, R. Jaramillo, J.P. Mailoa, K. Hartman, A. Polizzotti, C. Yang, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 106, 203901 (2015)
Supporting online material available: ftp://ftp.aip.org/epaps/appl_phys_lett/E-APPLAB-106-056520
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Numerical analysis of radiative recombination and reabsorption in GaAs/Si tandem
Z. Ren, J.P. Mailoa, Z. Liu, H. Liu, S.C. Siah, T. Buonassisi, and I.M. PetersIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5, 1079–1086 (2015)
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Open-circuit voltage deficit, radiative sub-bandgap states, and prospects in quantum dot solar cells
C.-H.M. Chuang, A. Maurano, R.E. Brandt, G.W. Hwang, J. Jean, T. Buonassisi, V. Bulovic, and M.G. BawendiNano Letters 15, 3286–3294 (2015)
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A 2-terminal perovskite/silicon multijunction solar cell enabled by a silicon tunnel junction
J.P. Mailoa, C.D. Bailie, E.C. Johlin, E.T. Hoke, A.J. Akey, W.H. Nguyen, M.D. McGehee, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 106, 121105 (2015)
Supporting online material available: ftp://ftp.aip.org/epaps/appl_phys_lett/E-APPLAB-106-043510
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The realistic energy yield potential of GaAs-on-Si tandem solar cells: a theoretical case study
H. Liu, Z. Ren, Z. Liu, A.G. Aberle, T. Buonassisi, and I.M. PetersOptics Express 23, A382– A390 (2015)
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Maintaining surface-phase purity is key to efficient open air fabricated cuprous oxide solar cells
R.L.Z. Hoye, R.E. Brandt, Y. Ievskaya, S. Heffernan, K.P. Musselman, T. Buonassisi, and J.L. MacManus-DriscollAPL Materials 3, 020901 (2015)
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Semi-transparent perovskite solar cells for tandems with silicon and CIGS
C.D. Bailie, M.G. Christoforo, J.P. Mailoa, A.R. Bowring, E.L. Unger, W.H. Nguyen, J. Burschka, N. Pellet, J.Z. Lee, M. Grätzel, R. Noufi, T. Buonassisi, A. Salleo, and M.D. McGeheeEnergy & Environmental Science 8, 956–963 (2015)
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X-Ray absorption spectroscopy study of structure and stability of disordered (Cu2SnS3)(1-x)(ZnS)x alloys upon annealing
S.C. Siah, R. Jaramillo, R. Chakraborty, P.T. Erslev, T.-C. Weng, M.F. Toney, G. Teeter, and T. BuonassisiIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5, 372 (2015)
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Band offsets of n-type electron-selective contacts on cuprous oxide (Cu2O) for photovoltaics
R.E. Brandt, M. Young, H.H. Park, A. Dameron, D. Chua, Y.S. Lee, G. Teeter, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 105, 263901 (2014)
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Hole-mobility-limiting atomic structures in hydrogenated amorphous silicon
E.C. Johlin, C.B. Simmons, T. Buonassisi, and J.C. GrossmanPhysical Review B 90, 104103 (2014)
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3.88% efficient tin sulfide solar cells using congruent thermal evaporation
V. Steinmann, R. Jaramillo, K. Hartman, R. Chakraborty, R.E. Brandt, J.R. Poindexter, Y.S. Lee, L. Sun, A. Polizzotti, H.H. Park, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiAdvanced Materials 26, 7488 (2014)
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy elucidates the impact of structural disorder on electron mobility in amorphous zinc-tin-oxide thin films
S.C. Siah, S.W. Lee, Y.S. Lee, J. Heo, T. Shibata, C.U. Segre, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 104, 242113 (2014)
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Tetrahedrally coordinated disordered Cu2SnS3–Cu2ZnSnS4–ZnS alloys with tunable optical and electronic properties
P.T. Erslev, M.R. Young, J.V. Li, S.C. Siah, R. Chakraborty, H. Du, R.J. Lad, T. Buonassisi, and G. TeeterSolar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 129, 124–131 (2014)
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Variations of ionization potential and electron affinity as a function of surface orientation: The case of orthorhombic SnS
V. Stevanovic, K. Hartman, R. Jaramillo, S. Ramanathan, T. Buonassisi, and P. GrafApplied Physics Letters 104, 211603 (2014)
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Atomic layer deposited gallium oxide buffer layer enables 1.2 V open-circuit voltage in cuprous oxide solar cells
Y.S. Lee, D. Chua, R.E. Brandt, S.C. Siah, J.V. Li, J.P. Mailoa, S.W. Lee, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiAdvanced Materials 26, 4704–4710 (2014)
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Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells
H.H. Park, L. Sun, K. Hartman, R. Chakraborty, P. Sinsermsuksakul, T. Buonassisi, and R.G. GordonProgress in Photovoltaics DOI 10.1002/pip.2504 (2014)
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Improved Cu2O-based solar cells using atomic layer deposition to control the Cu oxidation state at the p–n junction
S.W. Lee, Y.S. Lee, J. Heo, S.C. Siah, D. Chua, R.E. Brandt, S.B. Kim, J.P. Mailoa, T. Buonassisi, and R.G. GordonAdvanced Energy Materials 4, 1301916 (2014)
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Textured conducting glass by nanosphere lithography for increased light absorption in thin-film solar cells
J.P. Mailoa, Y.S. Lee, T. Buonassisi, and I. KozinskyJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47, 085105 (2014)
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Low intensity conduction states in FeS2: implications for absorption, open-circuit voltage and surface recombination
P. Lazic, R. Armiento, F.W. Herbert, R. Chakraborty, R. Sun, M.K.Y. Chan, K. Hartman, T. Buonassisi, B. Yildiz, and G. CederJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25, 465801 (2013)
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Nitrogen-doped cuprous oxide as a p-type hole-transporting layer in thin-film solar cells
Y.S. Lee, J. Heo, M.T. Winkler, S.C. Siah, S.B. Kim, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Materials Chemistry A 1, 15416–15422 (2013)
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Identifying and comparing efficiency-loss mechanisms in Earth-abundant thin-film solar cells
R.E. Brandt, M. Lloyd, Y.S. Lee, S.C. Siah, and T. BuonassisiProc. 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Tampa, FL, USA (2013)
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Ultrathin amorphous zinc-tin-oxide buffer layer for enhancing heterojunction interface quality in metal-oxide solar cells
Y.S. Lee, J. Heo, S.C. Siah, J.P. Mailoa, R.E. Brandt, S.B. Kim, R.G. Gordon, and T. BuonassisiEnergy & Environmental Science 6, 2112–2118 (2013)
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Enhancing the efficiency of SnS solar cells via band-offset engineering with a zinc oxysulfide buffer layer
P. Sinsermsuksakul, K. Hartman, S.B. Kim, J. Heo, L. Sun, H.H. Park, R. Chakraborty, T. Buonassisi, and R.G. GordonApplied Physics Letters 102, 053901 (2013)
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Antimony-doped tin(II) sulfide thin films
P. Sinsermsuksakul, R. Chakraborty, S.B. Kim, S.M. Heald, T. Buonassisi, and R.G. GordonChemistry of Materials 24, 4556−4562 (2012)
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Low contact resistivity of metals on nitrogen-doped cuprous oxide (Cu2O) thin-films
S.C. Siah, Y.S. Lee, Y. Segal, and T. BuonassisiJournal of Applied Physics 112, 084508 (2012)
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Structural origins of intrinsic stress in amorphous silicon thin films
E.C. Johlin, N. Tabet, S. Castro-Galnares, A. Abdallah, M.I. Bertoni, T. Asafa, J.C. Grossman, S. Said, and T. BuonassisiPhysical Review B 108, 075202 (2012)
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SnS thin-films by RF sputtering at room temperature
K. Hartman, J.L. Johnson, M.I. Bertoni, D. Recht, M.J. Aziz, M.A. Scarpulla, and T. BuonassisiThin Solid Films 519, 7421-7424 (2011)
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Raman study of localized recrystallization of amorphous silicon induced by laser beam
N. Tabet, A. Al-Sayoud, S. Said, X. Yang, Y. Yang, A. Syed, E.-H. Diallo, Z. Wang, X. Wang, E.C. Johlin, C.B. Simmons, and T. BuonassisiProc. 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, TX, USA (2011)
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Detection of ZnS phases in CZTS thin-films by EXAFS
K. Hartman, B.K. Newman, J.L. Johnson, H. Du, P.A. Fernandes, V. Chawla, T. Bolin, B.M. Clemens, A.F. da Cunha, G. Teeter, M.A. Scarpulla, and T. BuonassisiProc. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, USA (2011)
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Stress engineering in amorphous silicon thin films
E.C. Johlin, S. Castro-Galnares, A. Abdallah, N. Tabet, M.I. Bertoni, T. Asafa, J.C. Grossman, S. Sayed, and T. BuonassisiProc. 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, USA (2011)
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High-mobility copper (I) oxide thin films prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic applications
Y.S. Lee, M.T. Winkler, S.C. Siah, R.E. Brandt, and T. BuonassisiProc. 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Seattle, WA, USA (2011)
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Hall mobility of cuprous oxide thin films deposited by reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering
Y.S. Lee, M.T. Winkler, S.C. Siah, R.E. Brandt, and T. BuonassisiApplied Physics Letters 98, 192115 (2011)
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Earth-abundant materials for high-efficiency heterojunction thin-film solar cells
Y.S. Lee, M.I. Bertoni, M.K. Chan, G. Ceder, and T. BuonassisiProc. 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA; pp.696–699 (2009)