Atom probe tomography: Development and application to the geosciences

SM Reddy, DW Saxey, WDA Rickard… - Geostandards and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Atom probe tomography (APT) is an analytical technique that provides quantitative three‐
dimensional elemental and isotopic analyses at sub‐nanometre resolution across the whole …

Grain Boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)Se2: A Review of Composition–Electronic Property Relationships by Atom Probe Tomography and Correlative Microscopy

O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, M Raghuwanshi… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin‐film solar cells have attracted significant research interest in
recent decades due to their high efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity for …

High Voc in (Cu,Ag)(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

M Edoff, T Jarmar, NS Nilsson, E Wallin… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this contribution, we show that silver substitution for copper in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) to
form (Ag, Cu)(In, Ga) Se 2 (ACIGS) leads to a reduction of the voltage loss expressed as E …

CIGS photovoltaics: reviewing an evolving paradigm

BJ Stanbery, D Abou-Ras, A Yamada… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Copper indium selenide chalcopyrite-structure alloys with gallium (CIGS) are unique among
the highest performing photovoltaic (PV) semiconductor technologies. They are structurally …

The fox and the hound: in-depth and in-grain Na doping and Ga grading in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 solar cells

D Colombara, K Conley, M Malitckaya… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells require appropriate depth and lateral
distributions of alkali metal dopants and gallium to attain world record photovoltaic energy …

Nanoscale insight into the p‐n junction of alkali‐incorporated Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

A Stokes, M Al‐Jassim, A Norman… - Progress in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of alkali diffusion and post‐deposition treatment in three‐stage processed Cu (In,
Ga) Se2 solar cells are examined by using atom probe tomography and electrical property …

Exploration of Deep Learning Models for Accelerated Defect Property Predictions and Device Design of Cubic Semiconductor Crystals

X Xiang, D Soh, S Dunham - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present an exploration of deep learning models for predicting defect
properties in cubic phase semiconductors. The nature of impurity energy levels strongly …

Impact of Wide-Ranging Nanoscale Chemistry on Band Structure at Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Grain Boundaries

A Stokes, M Al-Jassim, D Diercks, A Clarke… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The relative chemistry from grain interiors to grain boundaries help explain why grain
boundaries may be beneficial, detrimental or benign towards device performance. 3D …

The Physics of Twin Boundary Termination in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Absorbers

M Raghuwanshi, J Keutgen, AM Mio, H Mirhosseini… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The grain boundaries (GBs) in the absorber of a Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) solar cell play a
vital role in its efficiency and cells with polycrystalline absorbers exhibit high conversion …

Self-consistent atom probe tomography reconstructions utilizing electron microscopy

DR Diercks, BP Gorman - Ultramicroscopy, 2018 - Elsevier
Atom probe tomography reconstructions provide valuable information on nanometer-scale
compositional variations within materials. As such, the spatial accuracy of the …