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Creator:: Platt, Heather A. S.
Abstract:: This dissertation outlines two approaches for improving the efficiency and reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy generation. First, the structures of known binary copper and iron compounds are used to choose the promising compositions Fe₂XS₄ (X = Si, Ge), Cu₃TaQ₄ (Q = Se, Te), and BaCuQ'F (Q' = S, Se,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Knutsen, Sharon Betterton, Alan Telecky, Wei Wang, Nutch Jieratum, Annette Richard, Josh Russell, Jack

Creator:: Heo, Jaeseok
Abstract:: The subject of this PhD thesis is part of a research domain of great present interest in new semiconductor materials for photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications. This domain contains the elaboration and the study of both Cu-based chalcogenides bulk and thin-film samples, driven by materials design principles. One of the most...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Ben Waters, John McGlone, Jason Francis, River Wiedle, Josh Flynn. They have made valuable

Creator:: Jieratum, Vorranutch
Abstract:: The materials Fe₂(Si,Ge)(S,Se)₄, Cu₃PS[subscript 4-x]Se[subscript x] (0 ≤ x ≤ 4), and Cu₃PxAs[subscript 1-x]S₄ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) have been synthesized and studied as new earth-abundant absorbers for single and multijunction photovoltaic cells as well as solar fuel generation. The synthesis, single-crystal growth, and optical and electrical properties of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dissertation. I would like to thank David McIntyre and Josh Russell for their help with the fiber-optic

Creator:: Zakutayev, Andriy
Abstract:: BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) materials are chalcogen-based transparent conductors with wide optical band gaps (2.9 – 3.5 eV) and a high concentration of free holes (10¹⁸ – 10²⁰ cm⁻³) caused by the presence of copper vacancies. Chalcogen vacancies compensate copper vacancies in these materials, setting the Fermi level...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with: Robert Kykyneshi, Heather Platt, Annette Richard, Paul Newhouse, Kai Jiang, Daniel Harada, Josh

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