Intergrain variations of the chemical and electronic surface structure of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cell absorbers
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of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cell absorbers R. G. Wilks, I. Repins, M. A. Contreras, R. F elix, J. Herrero-Albillos, L. Tati-Bismaths, F. Kronast, R. Noufi, and M. B€ ar Solar Energy Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f€ ur Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB), Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, USA Department for Magnetisation Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f€ ur Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Ctra. de Huesca s/n, E-50090 Zaragoza, Spain Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Arag on (ICMA) and Departamento de F ısica de la Materia Condensada, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient ıficas—Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Institut f€ ur Physik und Chemie, Brandenburgische Technische Universit€ at Cottbus, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 1, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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