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SIEBENTRITT Susanne

University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)

Main Referenced Co-authors
REDINGER, Alex  (45)
MELCHIORRE, Michele  (30)
WEISS, Thomas  (30)
DALE, Phillip  (29)
Gütay, Levent  (20)
Main Referenced Keywords
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (3); Grain-boundaries (3); photoluminescence (3); Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Laboratory for Photovoltaics (2)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Physics (183)
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others (6)
Chemistry (3)
Production, distribution & supply chain management (1)
Civil engineering (1)

Publications (total 189)

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SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Why are kesterite solar cells not 20% efficient? Thin Solid Films. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.12.089 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/8626

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SIEBENTRITT, S., & Schorr, S. (2012). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 20, 512-519. doi:10.1002/pip.2156 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/8645

GHARABEIKI, S., FAROOQ, M. U., WANG, T., SOOD, M., MELCHIORRE, M., Kaufmann, C. A., REDINGER, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (July 2024). Grain boundaries are not the source of Urbach tails in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorbers. Journal of Physics : Energy, 6 (3), 035008. doi:10.1088/2515-7655/ad6104
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PROT, A. J.-C. M., MELCHIORRE, M., Schaaf, T., Poeira, R. G., ELANZEERY, H., LOMUSCIO, A., Oueslati, S., Zelenina, A., Dalibor, T., Kusch, G., Hu, Y., Oliver, R. A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (June 2024). Improved Sequentially Processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 by Ag Alloying. Solar RRL, 8 (11). doi:10.1002/solr.202400208
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Hu, Y., Kusch, G., ADELEYE, D., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Oliver, R. (30 April 2024). Characterisation of the interplay between microstructure and opto-electronic properties of Cu(In,Ga)S2solar cells by using correlative CL-EBSD measurements. Nanotechnology, 35 (29), 295702. doi:10.1088/1361-6528/ad3bbd
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ZLATANOVA, K.* , SIEBENTRITT, S.* , SCHULZ, C.* , FRIDGEN, G., HANSEN, J., LÖHNDORF, N., MANTIN, B., POTENCIANO MENCI, S., SCHYMANSKI, E., & VENDITTI, S. (2024). RISK2050: study on the vulnerability of the national economy in the face of physical risks. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/60584
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

ADELEYE, D., SOOD, M., MELCHIORRE, M., DEBOT, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2024). Composition dependence of electronic defects in CuGaS2. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3778
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PROT, A. J.-C. M., MELCHIORRE, M., Dingwell, F., Zelenina, A., ELANZEERY, H., LOMUSCIO, A., Dalibor, T., Guc, M., Fonoll-Rubio, R., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Kusch, G., Oliver, R. A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (18 October 2023). Composition variations in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells: Not a gradient, but an interlaced network of two phases. APL Materials, 11 (10). doi:10.1063/5.0165546
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Ramírez, O., Nishinaga, J., Dingwell, F., WANG, T., PROT, A. J.-C. M., WOLTER, M., Ranjan, V., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (July 2023). On the Origin of Tail States and Open Circuit Voltage Losses in Cu(In,Ga)Se2. Solar RRL, 7 (13). doi:10.1002/solr.202300054
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WEISS, T., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., Paetel, S., Witte, W., Nishinaga, J., Feurer, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2023). Metastable Defects Decrease the Fill Factor of Solar Cells. Physical Review Applied. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.024052
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Peedle, S., ADELEYE, D., SHUKLA, S., SIEBENTRITT, S., Oliver, R., & Kusch, G. (2023). Role of nanoscale compositional inhomogeneities in limiting the open circuit voltage in Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cells. APL Energy, 1. doi:10.1063/5.0145450
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BABBE, F., Nicoara, N., Guthrey, H., Valle, N., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., Aureau, D., ELANZEERY, H., Deepanjan, S., Virtuoso, J. L., AUDINOT, J.-N., ZELENINA, A., GHARABEIKI, S., Wirtz, T., SIEBENTRITT, S., DALE, P., sadewasser, S., & Colombara, D. (2023). Vacuum-Healing of Grain Boundaries in Sodium-Doped CuInSe2 Solar Cell Absorbers. Advanced Energy Materials, 2204183, 1-11. doi:10.1002/aenm.202204183
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SIEBENTRITT, S., & WEISS, T. (2022). Chalcopyrite solar cells - state-of-the-art and options for improvement. Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy. doi:10.1007/s11433-022-2001-4
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SINGH, A., HIEULLE, J., PHIRKE, H., FERREIRA MACHADO, J. A., GHARABEIKI, S., Ahmad, R., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (2022). Sn4+-free, stable tin perovskite films for lead-free perovskite solar cells. 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC). doi:10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938891
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SIEBENTRITT, S., Rau, U., GHARABEIKI, S., WEISS, T., PROT, A. J.-C. M., WANG, T., ADELEYE, D., DRAHEM, M. M. M., & SINGH, A. (2022). Photoluminescence assessment of materials for solar cell absorbers. Faraday Discussions. doi:10.1039/D2FD00057A
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RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., MARTIN LANZONI, E., GONCALINHO POEIRA, R. J., WEISS, T., LETURCQ, R., REDINGER, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). How much gallium do we need for a p-type Cu(In,Ga)Se2? APL Materials. doi:10.1063/5.0091676
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SOOD, M., ADELEYE, D., SHUKLA, S., Törndahl, T., Hultqvist, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). Low temperature (Zn,Sn)O deposition for reducing interface open-circuit voltage deficit to achieve highly efficient Se-free Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cells. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. doi:10.1039/d2fd00046f
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Lie, S., Guc, M., Tunuguntla, V., Izquierdo-Roca, V., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Wong, L. H. (2022). Comprehensive physicochemical and photovoltaic analysis of different Zn substitutes (Mn, mg, Fe, Ni, Co, Ba, Sr) in CZTS-inspired thin film solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry. doi:10.1039/d2ta00225f
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Igal, L., Kohei, S., LOMUSCIO, A., Kulbak, M., Rehermann, C., Zohar, A., Abdi-Jalebi, M., Zhao, B., SIEBENTRITT, S., Zu, F., Koch, N., Kahn, A., Hodes, G., Friend, R. H., & Cahen, D. (2022). Direct Probing of Gap States and Their Passivation in Halide Perovskites by High-Sensitivity, Variable Energy Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, 125. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11627
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WANG, T., EHRE, F., WEISS, T., Veith-Wolf, B., Titova, V., Valle, N., MELCHIORRE, M., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., Schmidt, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). Diode Factor in Solar Cells with Metastable Defects and Back Contact Recombination. Advanced Energy Materials. doi:10.1002/aenm.202202076
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SOOD, M., Gnanasambandan, P., ADELEYE, D., SHUKLA, S., Adjeroud, N., Leturcq, R., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). Electrical barriers and their elimination by tuning (Zn,Mg)O buffer composition in Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cells: systematic approach to achieve over 14% power conversion efficiency. Journal of Physics : Energy, 4. doi:10.1088/2515-7655/ac8838
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DALE, P., SIEBENTRITT, S., sood, WEISS, T., & YETKIN, H. A. (2022). Bulk and surface characterisation techniques of solar absorbers: general discussion. Faraday Discussions. doi:10.1039/d2fd90056d
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Levcenko, S., Biller, B., Pfeiffelmann, P., Ritter, K., Falk, H. H., WANG, T., SIEBENTRITT, S., Welte, E., & chnohr, C. S. (2022). High-resolution XEOL spectroscopy setup at the X-ray absorption spectroscopy beamline P65 of PETRA III. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 29. doi:10.1107/S1600577522007287
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DALE, P., SIEBENTRITT, S., SOOD, M., WEISS, T., & YETKIN, H. A. (2022). Indium-free CIGS analogues: general discussion. Faraday Discussions. doi:10.1039/d2fd90055f
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WEISS, T., Minguez-Bacho, M.-B., ZUCCALA, E., MELCHIORRE, M., Valle, N., El Adib, B., Yokosawa, T., Spiecker, Bachmann, J., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). Post-deposition annealing and interfacial atomic layer deposition buffer layers of Sb2Se3/CdS stacks for reduced interface recombination and increased open-circuit voltages. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3625
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SIEBENTRITT, S., LOMUSCIO, A., ADELEYE, D., DWIVEDI, A., & SOOD, M. (2022). Sulfide Chalcopyrite Solar Cells–Are They the Same as Selenides with a Wider Bandgap? Physica Status Solidi. Rapid Research Letters, 2200126, 1-12. doi:10.1002/pssr.202200126
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SOOD, M., Bombsch, J., LOMUSCIO, A., SHUKLA, S., Hartmann, C., Frisch, J., Bremsteller, W., Ueda, S., Wilks, R. G., Bär, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2022). Origin of Interface Limitation in Zn(O,S)/CuInS2‑Based Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, 9676−9684. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c19156
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SOOD, M., Urbanaik, A., KAMENI BOUMENOU, C., WEISS, T., ELANZEERY, H., BABBE, F., WERNER, F., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2021). Near surface defects: Cause of deficit between internal and external open-circuit voltage in solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3483
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MARTIN LANZONI, E., GALLET, T., SPINDLER, C., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., KAMENI BOUMENOU, C., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (02 July 2021). The impact of Kelvin probe force microscopy operation modes and environment on grain boundary band bending in perovskite and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. Nano Energy, 88, 106270. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106270
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SHUKLA, S., SOOD, M., ADELEYE, D., Peedle, S., Kusch, G., Dahliah, D., MELCHIORRE, M., Rignanese, G.-M., Hautier, G., Oliver, R., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (July 2021). Over 15% efficient wide-band-gap Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cell: Suppressing bulk and interface recombination through composition engineering. Joule, 5, 1-16. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2021.05.004
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SHUKLA, S., ADELEYE, D., SOOD, M., EHRE, F., LOMUSCIO, A., WEISS, T., SIOPA, D., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (21 May 2021). Carrier recombination mechanism and photovoltage deficit in 1.7-eV band gap near-stoichiometric Cu(In,Ga)S2. Physical Review Materials, 5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.055403
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ADELEYE, D., LOMUSCIO, A., SOOD, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (17 February 2021). Lifetime, quasi-Fermi level splitting and doping concentration of Cu-rich CuInS2 absorbers. Materials Research Express, 8, 025905. doi:10.1088/2053-1591/abe3c1
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RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., Bertrand, M., DEBOT, A., SIOPA, D., Valle, N., Schmauch, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2021). The effect of KF post-deposition treatments on the optoelectronic properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 single crystals. Solar RRL.
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WEISS, T., EHRE, F., SERRANO ESCALANTE, V., SIEBENTRITT, S., & WANG, T. (2021). Understanding Performance Limitations of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells due to Metastable Defects—A Route toward Higher Efficiencies. Solar RRL, 2100063. doi:10.1002/solr.202100063
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WOLTER, M., Carron, R., Avancini, E., Bissig, B., WEISS, T., Nishiwaki, S., Feurer, T., Buecheler, S., Jackson, P., Witte, W., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2021). How band tail recombination influences the open-circuit voltage of solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3449
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SOOD, M., LOMUSCIO, A., WERNER, F., Nikolaeva, A., DALE, P., MELCHIORRE, M., Guillot, J., Abou-Ras, D., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2021). Passivating Surface Defects and Reducing Interface Recombination in CuInS2 Solar Cells by a Facile Solution Treatment. Solar RRL, 2100078 (1-10. doi:10.1002/solr.202100078
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SIEBENTRITT, S., WEISS, T., SOOD, M., WOLTER, M., LOMUSCIO, A., & RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O. (2021). How photoluminescence can predict the efficiency of solar cells. JPhys Materials. doi:10.1088/2515-7639/ac266e
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SOOD, M., ELANZEERY, H., ADELEYE, D., LOMUSCIO, A., WERNER, F., EHRE, F., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2020). Absorber composition: A critical parameter for the effectiveness of heat treatments in chalcopyrite solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3314
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KAMENI BOUMENOU, C., Babbe, F., Elizabeth, A., MELCHIORRE, M., SPINDLER, C., Guillot, J., Mönig, H., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (2020). Passivation of the CuInSe2 surface via cadmium pre-electrolyte treatment. Physical Review Materials. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.045405
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LOMUSCIO, A., SOOD, M., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (February 2020). Phonon coupling and shallow defects in CuInS2. Physical Review. B, 101 (8), 085119. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.085119
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COLOMBARA, D., ELANZEERY, H., Nicoara, N., Sharma, D., Claro, M., Schwartz, T., Koprek, A., WOLTER, M., MELCHIORRE, M., SOOD, M., Valle, N., Bondarchuk, O., BABBE, F., SPINDLER, C., Cojocaru-Miredin, O., Raabe, D., DALE, P., Sadewasser, S., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2020). Chemical instability at chalcogenide surfaces impacts chalcopyrite devices well beyond the surface. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17434-8
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Schwarz, T., LOMUSCIO, A., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Gault, B. (2020). On the chemistry of grain boundaries in CuInS2 film. Nano Energy, 76. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105081
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SIEBENTRITT, S., Avancini, E., Bär, M., Bombsch, J., Bourgeois, E., Buecheler, S., Carron, R., Castro, C., Dugay, S., Felix, R., Handick, E., Hariskos, D., Havu, V., Jackson, P., Komsa, H.-P., Kunze, T., Malitckaya, M., Menozzi, R., Nesladek, M., ... WOLTER, M. (2020). Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk effects. Advanced Energy Materials, 1902752. doi:10.1002/aenm.201903752
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Lanzoni, E., SPINDLER, C., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., MELCHIORRE, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (2020). Surface characterization of epitaxial Cu-rich CuInSe2 absorbers. IEEE. doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981200

REY, G., Paduthol, A., Sun, K., Nagle, T., Poplavskyy, D., SERRANO ESCALANTE, V., MELCHIORRE, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., Abbott, M., & Trupke, T. (2020). Photoluminescence-Based Method for Imaging Buffer Layer Thickness in CIGS Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2950630
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WERNER, F., Veith-Wolf, B., SPINDLER, C., BARGET, M., BABBE, F., Guillot, J., Schmidt, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2020). Oxidation as Key Mechanism for Efficient Interface Passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells. Physical Review Applied. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.054004
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WERNER, F., Veith-Wolf, B., MELCHIORRE, M., BABBE, F., Schmidt, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2020). Ultra-thin passivation layers in cu(in,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells: full-area passivated front contacts and their impact on bulk doping. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64448-9
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WEISS, T., ARNOU, P., MELCHIORRE, M., GUENNOU, M., SIOPA, D., Pauly, C., PERAL ALONSO, I., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2020). Thin-film (Sb,Bi)2Se3 Semiconducting Layers with Tunable Band Gaps Below 1 eV for Photovoltaic Applications. Physical Review Applied, 14, 024014-1-11. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.14.024014
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SPINDLER, C., BABBE, F., WOLTER, M., EHRE, F., Santhosh, K., Hilgert, P., WERNER, F., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (23 September 2019). Electronic defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2: Towards a comprehensive model. Physical Review Materials, 3, 1-20. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.090302
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MARTIN LANZONI, E., SPINDLER, C., RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, O., MELCHIORRE, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (2019). Surface characterization of epitaxial Cu-rich CuInSe2 absorbers. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record. doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981200
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CARR, C., König, A., RECKINGER, R., SCHULZ, C., SIEBENTRITT, S., & TEFERLE, F. N. (2019). "Keine Schwarzseher" Forscher der Universität Luxemburg unterstützen Jugendliche von "Fridays for Future". Luxemburger Wort, p. 12.

LOMUSCIO, A., Rödel, T., Schwarz, T., Gault, B., MELCHIORRE, M., Raabe, D., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (20 May 2019). Quasi-Fermi-Level Splitting of Cu-Poor and Cu-Rich CuInS2 Absorber Layers. Physical Review Applied, 11, 054052. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.054052
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ELANZEERY, H., MELCHIORRE, M., SOOD, M., BABBE, F., WERNER, F., Brammertz, G., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (16 May 2019). Challenge in Cu-rich CuInSe2 thin film solar cells: Defect caused by etching. Physical Review Materials, 3, 055403. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.055403
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Schwarz, T., REDINGER, A., SIEBENTRITT, S., Zirong, P., Gault, B., Raabe, D., & Choi, P.-P. (March 2019). Variable chemical decoration of extended defects in Cu-poor Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films. Physical Review Materials, 3, 035402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.035402
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WEISS, T., Carron, R., WOLTER, M., Löckinger, J., Avancini, E., SIEBENTRITT, S., Buecheler, S., & Tiwari, A. (2019). Time-resolved photoluminescence on double graded Cu(In,Ga)Se2 – Impact of front surface recombination and its temperature dependence. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 20, 313–323. doi:10.1080/14686996.2019.1586583
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SPINDLER, C., GALVANI, T., WIRTZ, L., Rey, G., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2019). Excitation-intensity dependence of shallow and deep-level photoluminescence transitions in semiconductors. Journal of Applied Physics. doi:10.1063/1.5095235
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WERNER, F., BABBE, F., ELANZEERY, H., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2019). Can we see defects in capacitance measurements of thin‐film solar cells ? Progress in Photovoltaics, 27, 1045–1058. doi:10.1002/pip.3196
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BABBE, F., ELANZEERY, H., WOLTER, M., Santhosh, K., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2019). The hunt for the third acceptor in CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber layers. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 31, 425702. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ab2e24
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LOMUSCIO, A., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Influence of stoichiometry and temperature on quasi Fermi level splitting of sulfide CIS absorber layers. 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, 1922-1924. doi:10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548252
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ELANZEERY, H., BABBE, F., MELCHIORRE, M., WERNER, F., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). High‐performance low bandgap thin film solar cells for tandem applications. Progress in Photovoltaics, 1-6. doi:10.1002/pip.3026
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WERNER, F., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Buffer Layers, Defects, and the Capacitance Step in the Admittance Spectrum of a Thin-Film Solar Cell. Physical Review Applied, 9, 054047. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.054047
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COLOMBARA, D., WERNER, F., Schwarz, T., Cañero Infante, I., Fleming, Y., Valle, N., SPINDLER, C., Vacchieri, E., REY, G., Guennou, M., Bouttemy, M., Garzón Manjón, A., PERAL ALONSO, I., MELCHIORRE, M., El Adib, B., Gault, B., Raabe, D., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03115-0
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WERNER, F., WOLTER, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., Sozzi, G., Di Napoli, S., Menozzi, R., Jackson, P., Witte, W., Carron, R., Avancini, E., WEISS, T., & Buecheler, S. (2018). Alkali treatments of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin‐film absorbers and their impact on transport barriers. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.3032
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REY, G., SPINDLER, C., RACHAD, W., SIEBENTRITT, S., BABBE, F., Nuys, M., Carius, R., Li, S., & Platzer-Björkman, C. (2018). Absorption Coefficient of a Semiconductor Thin Film from Photoluminescence. Physical Review Applied, 9, 064008. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.064008
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WOLTER, M., Bissig, B., Avancini, E., Carron, R., Buecheler, S., Jackson, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Influence of Sodium and Rubidium Postdeposition Treatment on the Quasi-Fermi Level Splitting of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2855113
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BABBE, F., Choubrac, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). The Optical Diode Ideality Factor Enables Fast Screening of Semiconductors for Solar Cells. Solar RRL, 1800248, 1800248. doi:10.1002/solr.201800248
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BABBE, F., ELANZEERY, H., MELCHIORRE, M., ZELENINA, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Potassium fluoride postdeposition treatment with etching step on both Cu-rich and Cu-poor CuInSe2 thin film solar cells. Physical Review Materials, 2 (10), 105405. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.105405
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WERNER, F., BABBE, F., BURKHART, J., SPINDLER, C., ELANZEERY, H., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Interdiffusion and Doping Gradients at the Buffer/Absorber Interface in Thin-Film Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, 28553-28565. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b08076
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Reiners, N., Blieske, U., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2018). Investigation on the Angle and Spectral Dependence of the Internal and the External Quantum Efficiency of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2860956
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Abou-Ras, D., Wagner, S., Stanbery, B. J., Schock, H.-W., Scheer, R., Stolt, L., SIEBENTRITT, S., Lincot, D., Eberspacher, C., Kushiya, K., & Tiwari, A. N. (2017). Innovation highway: Breakthrough milestones and key evelopments in chalcopyrite photovoltaics from a retrospective viewpoint. Thin Solid Films, 633, 2-12. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2017.01.005
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WERNER, F., BERTRAM, T., Mengozzi, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). What is the dopant concentration in polycrystalline thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 ? Thin Solid Films, 633, 222-226. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2016.09.038
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WOLTER, M., Bissig, B., Reinhard, P., Buecheler, S., Jackson, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Correcting for interference effects in the photoluminescence of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films. Physica Status Solidi C. Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 14, no 6, 1600189. doi:10.1002/pssc.201600189
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Hönes, C., Hackenberg, J., Keller, R., Zweigart, S., Fuchs, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). A Novel Fast Process for Zn(O,S) Buffer Layers, Doped With Al and B and Deposited on CIGSSe Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7, 864. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2669360
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ELANZEERY, H., BABBE, F., MELCHIORRE, M., ROBERT, E., ZELENINA, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Potassium fluoride ex-situ treatment on both Cu-rich and Cu-poor CuInSe2 thin film solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7 (2), 684-689. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2651802
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REY, G., Larramona, G., Bourdais, S., Choné, C., Delatouche, B., Jacob, A., Dennler, G., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). On the origin of band-tails in kesterite. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2017.11.005
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). High voltage, please ! Nature Energy, 2, 840. doi:10.1038/s41560-017-0031-x
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ZELENINA, A., WERNER, F., ELANZEERY, H., MELCHIORRE, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Space-charge-limited currents in CIS-based solar cells. Applied Physics Letters, 111, 213903. doi:10.1063/1.5006040
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Chalcopyrite compound semiconductors for thin film solar cells. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.02.001
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CHOUBRAC, L., BERTRAM, T., ELANZEERY, H., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Better Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells based on surface treated stoichiometric absorbers. Physica Status Solidi A. Applications and Materials Science, 214, No. 1, 1600482 - 1 to 6. doi:10.1002/PSSA.201600482
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HALA, M., Kato, H., Algasinger, M., Inoue, Y., REY, G., WERNER, F., Schubbert, C., Dalibor, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2017). Improved environmental stability of highly conductive nominally undoped ZnO layers suitable for n-type windows in thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 161, 232-239. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2016.11.015
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REY, G., BABBE, F., WEISS, T., ELANZEERY, H., MELCHIORRE, M., Valle, N., Brahime, E. A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (14 November 2016). Post-deposition treatment of Cu2ZnSnSe4 with alkalis. Thin Solid Films, 633, 162-165. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2016.11.021
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SPINDLER, C., SIEBENTRITT, S., & REGESCH, D. (July 2016). Revisiting radiative deep-level transitions in CuGaSe2 by photoluminescence. Applied Physics Letters, 109, 032105. doi:10.1063/1.4959557
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WEISS, T., REDINGER, A., REY, G., Schwarz, T., Spies, M., Cojocura-Mir edin, O., Choi, P. P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (July 2016). Impact of annealing on electrical properties of Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers. Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 045703. doi:10.1063/1.4959611
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BERTRAM, T., Deprédurand, V., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (March 2016). Electrical Characterization of Defects in Cu-Rich Grown CuInSe2 Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6 (2), 546-551. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2508239
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Hönes, C., Fuchs, A., Zweigart, S., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Improved Chemically Deposited Zn(O,S) Buffers for Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Controlled Incorporation of Indium. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6 (1). doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2487818
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BABBE, F., CHOUBRAC, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Study on the quasi Fermi level splitting of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber layers with Cu-rich and Cu-poor composition. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record, 1142-1145.
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WERNER, F., COLOMBARA, D., MELCHIORRE, M., Valle, N., El Adib, B., SPINDLER, C., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Doping mechanism in pure CuInSe2. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 119, 173106. doi:10.1063/1.4947585
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Scragg, J. J. S., LARSEN, J. K., Kumar, M., Persson, C., SENDLER, J., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Platzer Björkman, C. (2016). Cu–Zn disorder and band gap fluctuations in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4: Theoretical and experimental investigations. Physica Status Solidi B. Basic Research, 253 (2), 247-254. doi:10.1002/pssb.201552530
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SENDLER, J., THEVENIN, M., WERNER, F., REDINGER, A., Shuyi Li, Hägglund, C., Platzer-Björkman, C., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Photoluminescence studies in epitaxial CZTSe thin films. Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 125701. doi:10.1063/1.4962630
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HALA, M., Inoue, Y., Kato, I., REY, G., WERNER, F., Schubbert, C., Dalibor, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Environmental stability of highly conductive nominally undoped ZnO layers. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record, 978-1-5090-2724. doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749860
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BABBE, F., CHOUBRAC, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Quasi Fermi level splitting of Cu-rich and Cu-poor Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber layers. Applied Physics Letters, 109, 082805. doi:10.1063/1.4961530
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Crêpellière J., Lunca Popa P., Bahlawane N., Leturcq R., WERNER, F., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Lenoble D. (2016). Transparent conductive CuCrO2 thin films deposited by pulsed injection metal organic chemical vapor deposition: up-scalable process technology for an improved transparency/conductivity trade-off. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. doi:10.1039/c6tc00383d
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Bourdais S., Choné C., Delatouche B., Jacob A., Larramona G., Moisan C., Dennler G., Lafond A., Donatini F., REY, G., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Is the Cu/Zn disorder the main culprit for the voltage deficit in kesterite solar cells? Advanced Energy Materials, 6 - 15002276. doi:10.1002/AENM.201502276
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REY, G., WEISS, T., SENDLER, J., FINGER, A., SPINDLER, C., WERNER, F., MELCHIORRE, M., HALA, M., Guennou, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2016). Ordering kesterite improves solar cells:A low temperature post-deposition annealing study. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 151, 131-138. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2016.02.014
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SIEBENTRITT, S., REY, G., FINGER, A., REGESCH, D., SENDLER, J., WEISS, T., & BERTRAM, T. (2015). What is the band gap of kesterite? Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2015.10.017
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HALA, M., Fujii, S., REDINGER, A., Inoue, Y., REY, G., THEVENIN, M., DEPREDURAND, V., WEISS, T., BERTRAM, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Highly conductive ZnO films with high near infrared transparency. Progress in Photovoltaics. doi:10.1002/pip.2601
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (22 January 2015). Thin film solar cells – success, challenges and perspectives [Paper presentation]. Opening of the International Year of Light - Annual meeting of Danish Physical Society, Lyngby, Denmark.

Schwarz, T., Marques, M. A. L., Botti, S., MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., SIEBENTRITT, S., Cojocaru-Mir edin, O., Raabe, D., & Choi, P.-P. (2015). Detection of Cu2Zn5SnSe8 and Cu2Zn6SnSe9 phases in co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin-films. Applied Physics Letters, 107, 172102. doi:10.1063/1.4934847
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Krämmer, C., Huber, C., REDINGER, A., Sperber, D., REY, G., SIEBENTRITT, S., Kalt, H., & Hetteric, M. (2015). Diffuse Electroreflectance of thin-film solar cells: Suppression of interference-related lineshape distortions. Applied Physics Letters, 107, 222104. doi:10.1063/1.4936649
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Djemour, R., REDINGER, A., Mousel, M., Guetay, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Multiple phases of Cu2ZnSnSe4 detected by room temperature photoluminescence (vol 116, 073509, 2014). JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 118 (8). doi:10.1063/1.4927730
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REDINGER, A., SENDLER, J., Djemour, R., Weiss, T. P., REY, G., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Different Bandgaps in Cu2ZnSnSe4: A High Temperature Coevaporation Study. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5 (2), 641-648. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2377561
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REDINGER, A., Groiss, H., SENDLER, J., Djemour, R., Regesch, D., Gerthsen, D., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Epitaxial Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films and devices. Thin Solid Films, 582, 193-197. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.040
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Hönes, C., Hackenberg, J., Zweigart, S., Wachau, A., Hergert, F., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). A comparative study of the annealing behavior of Cu(In, Ga)(S, Se)2 based solar cells with an indium sulfide buffer layer, partly submitted to wet chemical treatments. Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 094503. doi:10.1063/1.4914080
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AIDA, Y., DEPREDURAND, V., LARSEN, J. K., Arai, H., Tanaka, D., Masato, K., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells with a Cu-poor surface. PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, 23, 754-764. doi:10.1002/pip.2493
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Schwarz, T., Cojocaru-Mir edin, O., Choi, P., MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Raabe, D. (2015). Atom probe tomography study of internal interfaces in Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin-films. Journal of Applied Physics, 118, 095302 1-10. doi:10.1063/1.4929874
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Demircio glu, O., MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., REY, G., WEISS, T., SIEBENTRITT, S., Riedel, I., & Gütay, L. (2015). Detection of a MoSe2 secondary phase layer in CZTSe by spectroscopic ellipsometry. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 118, 185302-1. doi:10.1063/1.4935258
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DEPREDURAND, V., BERTRAM, T., THEVENIN, M., Valle, N., Audinot, J.-N., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2015). Alternative etchning for improved Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar Cells. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings, 1771. doi:10.1557/opl.2015.447
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REY, G., REDINGER, A., SENDLER, J., WEISS, T., THEVENIN, M., Guennou, M., El Adib, B., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (September 2014). The band gap of Cu2ZnSnSe4: Effect of order-disorder. Applied Physics Letters, 105, 112106 1-4. doi:10.1063/1.4740276
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (19 June 2014). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells [Paper presentation]. 2ieme rencontre francaise sur les Kssterites pour application photovoltaique, Grenoble, France.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (May 2014). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells [Paper presentation]. EMRS Spring Meeting, Lille, France.

BERTRAM, T., DEPREDURAND, V., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). In-Se surface treatment of Cu-rich grown CuInSe2. Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2014. doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924894
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BERG, D., ARASIMOWICZ, M., Gütay, L., DJEMOUR, R., SIEBENTRITT, S., Schorr, S., Fontané, X., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Pérez-Rodriguez, A., & DALE, P. (2014). Discrimination and determination of secondary phases from a Cu2ZnSnS4 phase using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Thin Solid Films, 569, 113-123. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.08.028
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SIEBENTRITT, S., & REDINGER, A. (2014). Loss mechanisms in kesterite. In wiley (Ed.), Copper Zinc Tin Sulphide-Based Thin Film Solar Cells. wiley.
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DJEMOUR, R., REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., Gütay, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Multiple phases of Cu2ZnSnSe4 detected by room temperature photoluminescence. Journal of Applied Physics, 116. doi:10.1063/1.4892101
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REDINGER, A., Groiss, H., SENDLER, J., DJEMOUR, R., REGESCH, D., Gerthsen, D., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Epitaxial Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films and devices. Thin Solid Films. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.040
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Kraemmer, C., Lang, M., REDINGER, A., Johannes, S., Gao, C., Kalt, H., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Hetterich, M. (2014). Assessment of crystal quality and unit cell orientation in epitaxial Cu2ZnSnSe4 layers using polarized Raman scattering. Optics Express, 22 (23), 28240-28246. doi:10.1364/OE.22.028240
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DEPREDURAND, V., BERTRAM, T., REGESCH, D., Henx, B., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). The influence of Se pressure on the electronic properties of CuInSe2 grown under Cu-excess. Applied Physics Letters, 105, 172104. doi:10.1063/1.4900839
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Hönes, C., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Annealing of wet treated Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells with an indium sulfide buffer. Thin Solid Films. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.056
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DEPREDURAND, V., Tanaka, D., AIDA, Y., Carlberg, N., Nicole, F., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (January 2014). Current loss due to recombination in Cu-rich CuInSe2 solar cells. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 115, 044503. doi:10.1063/1.4862181
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LUCKAS, J. M., Longeaud, C., BERTRAM, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Metastable defect in CuInSe2 probed by modulated photo current experiments above 390K. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 104, 153905. doi:10.1063/1.4871666
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LUCKAS, J. M., Longeaud, & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Modulated photocurrent experiments-comparison of different data treatments. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 116, 103710. doi:10.1063/1.4894248
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COLOMBARA, D., DALE, P., Peter, L., Jonathan, S., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). CHAPTER 5: Thin-film Photovoltaics Based on Earth-abundant Materials. In A. J. Nozik, M. C. Beard, ... G. Conibeer (Eds.), Advanced Concepts in Photovoltaics (pp. 118-185). Royal Society of Chemistry.
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REDINGER, A., SENDLER, J., DJEMOUR, R., WEISS, T., REY, G., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Different Bandgaps in Cu2ZnSnSe4 : a high temperature coevaporation study. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2377561
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WEISS, T., REDINGER, A., REGESCH, D., MOUSEL, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2014). Direct Evaluation of Defect Distributions From Admittance Spectroscopy. IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, 4. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2358073
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MEADOWS, H., Bathia, A., DEPREDURAND, V., Guillot, J., REGESCH, D., MALYEYEV, A., COLOMBARA, D., Scarpulla, M. A., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2014). Single Second Laser Annealed CuInSe2 Semiconductors from Electrodeposited Precursors as Absorber Layers for Solar Cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, 118 (3), 1451–1460. doi:10.1021/jp409804s
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BERG, D., CROSSAY, A., Guillot, J., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Pérez-Rodriguez, A., Shafaat, A., Deligianni, H., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2014). Simplified formation process for Cu2ZnSnS4-based solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 573, 148-158. doi:10.1016/J.TSF.2014.11.012
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Krämmer, C., Lang Mario, REDINGER, A., Sachs, J., Chao Gao, Kalt, H., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Hetterich, M. (2014). Assessment of crystal quality and unit cell orientation in epitaxial Cu2ZnSnSe4 layers using polarized Raman scattering. Optics Express, 22. doi:10.1364/OE.22.028240
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Fischer, J., LARSEN, J. K., Guillot, J., AIDA, Y., Eisenbarth, T., REGESCH, D., DEPREDURAND, V., Fevre, N., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2014). Composition dependent characterization of copper indium diselenide thin film solar cells synthesized from electrodeposited binary selenide precursor stacks. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 126, 88-95. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.045
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REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (28 October 2013). Method for manufacturing a semiconductor thin film.

Berg, D., REDINGER, A., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (17 October 2013). Semiconductor material and method of production.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (July 2013). Defects in chalcopyrites [Paper presentation]. 27th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Bologne, Italy.

REDINGER, A., DJEMOUR, R., WEISS, T., SENDLER, J., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Gütay, L. (June 2013). Molecular beam epitaxy of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films grown on GaAs(001) [Paper presentation]. 39th IEEE conference, Tampa, United States.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (March 2013). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells [Paper presentation]. 9th Workshop on the Future Direction of Photovoltaics, Tokyo, Japan.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (March 2013). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells [Paper presentation]. Workshop "Accelerating the Development of Earth Abundant Thin Film Photovoltaics, Pasadena, United States.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Why are kesterite solar cells not 20% efficient? Thin Solid Films. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.12.089
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STEICHEN, M., DJEMOUR, R., Gütay, L., Guillot, J., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2013). Direct Synthesis of Single-Phase p‑Type SnS by Electrodeposition from a Dicyanamide Ionic Liquid at High Temperature for Thin Film Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. doi:10.1021/jp311552g
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SIEBENTRITT, S., Al-jassim, M., Heske, C., Li, T., Mastro, M., Nan, C., Niki, S., Shafarman, W., & Wang, Q. (Eds.). (2013). Coumpound Semiconductors: Thin-Film Photovoltaics, LEDs, and Smart Energy Controls. Materials Research society.

Schwarz, Cojocaru-Mirédin, O., Choi, P., MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Raabe, D. (2013). Atom probe study of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin-films prepared by co-evaporation and post-deposition annealing. Applied Physics Letters, 102. doi:10.1063/1.4788815
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DJEMOUR, R., MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., Gütay, L., CROSSAY, A., COLOMBARA, D., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Detecting ZnSe secondary phase in Cu2ZnSnSe4 by room temperature photoluminescence. Applied Physics Letters, 102. doi:10.1063/1.4808384
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DJEMOUR, R., REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., Gütay, L., Fontané, X., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Pérez-Rodríguez, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). The three A symmetry Raman modes of kesterite in Cu2ZnSnSe4. Optics Express. doi:10.1364/OE.21.00A695
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REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., Hilaire Wolter, M., Valle, N., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Influence of S/Se ratio on series resistance and on dominant recombination pathway in Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4 thin film solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 535, 291-295. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.11.111
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REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Method for manufacturing a semiconductor thin film.

MOUSEL, M., REDINGER, A., DJEMOUR, R., ARASIMOWICZ, M., Valle, N., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). HCl and Br2-MeOH etching of Cu2ZnSnSe4 polycrystalline absorbers. Thin Solid Films, 535, 83-87. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.12.095
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DALE, P., MALAQUIAS, J. C. B., MEADOWS, H., STEICHEN, M., DEPREDURAND, V., Aida, Y., SIEBENTRITT, S., Bhatia, A., & Scarpulla, M. (2013). Three ways to grow faster and better CIGSe [Paper presentation]. The 4th international CIGS Workshop, Berlin, Germany.

WEISS, T., REDINGER, A., LUCKAS, J. M., MOUSEL, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Admittance spectroscopy in kesterite solar cells: Defect signal or circuit response. Applied Physics Letters. doi:10.1063/1.4807585
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WEISS, T., REDINGER, A., LUCKAS, J. M., MOUSEL, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Role of high series resistance in admittance spectroscopy of kesterite solar cells [Paper presentation]. 39th IEEE PV Specialist Conference, Tampa, United States.

DEPREDURAND, V., BERTRAM, T., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Influence of the Se environment on Cu-rich CIS devices. Physica B. Condensed Matter, B 439, 101-104. doi:10.1016/J.PHYSB.2013.10.055
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SIEBENTRITT, S., Gütay, L., REGESCH, D., AIDA, Y., & DEPREDURAND, V. (2013). Why do we make Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells non-stoichiometric? Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.014
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REDINGER, A., MOUSEL, M., DJEMOUR, R., Gütay, L., Valle, N., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2013). Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cells produced via coevaporation and annealing including a SnSe2 capping layer. Progress in Photovoltaics, 22 (1), 51-57. doi:10.1002/pip.2324
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MOUSEL, M., Schwarz, T., DJEMOUR, R., WEISS, T., SENDLER, J., REDINGER, A., Cojocaru-Miredin, O., SIEBENTRITT, S., MALAQUIAS, J. C. B., & Pyuk-Pa, C. (2013). Cu-Rich Precursors Improve Kesterite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, 4, 13000543 (1 to 6. doi:10.1002/aenm.201300543
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DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (07 June 2012). Electrical and opto-electrical characterization of large area semiconductor devices.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (May 2012). Kesterite solar cells - a review [Paper presentation]. EMRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France.

GUTAY, L., REGESCH, D., LARSEN, J. K., AIDA, Y., Depredurand, V., REDINGER, A., Caneva, S., Schorr, S., Stephan, C., Vidal, J., Botti, S., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2012). Feedback mechanism for the stability of the band gap of CuInSe2. Physical Review, 86, 045216-045216. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.045216
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Gütay, L., REDINGER, A., DJEMOUR, R., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2012). Lone conduction band in Cu2ZnSnSe4. Applied Physics Letters, 100, 102113 - 102113. doi:10.1063/1.3691945
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REGESCH, D., Gütay, L., LARSEN, J. K., Deprédurand, V., Tanaka, D., Yasuhiro, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2012). Degradation and passivation of CuInSe2. Applied Physics Letters, 101, 112108-112108. doi:10.1063/1.4752165
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Berg, D. M., DJEMOUR, R., Gütay, L., Zoppi, G., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2012). Thin film solar cells based on the ternary compound Cu2SnS3. Thin Solid Films, 520, 6291-6294. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.05.085
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Berg, D. M., DJEMOUR, R., Gütay, L., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2012). Raman analysis of monoclinic Cu2SnS3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 100, 192103-192103. doi:10.1063/1.4712623
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SIEBENTRITT, S., & Schorr, S. (2012). Kesterites - a challenging material for solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 20, 512-519. doi:10.1002/pip.2156
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (March 2011). What limits the efficiency of chalcopyrite solar cells [Paper presentation]. German Physical Society, Dresden, Germany.

LARSEN, J. K., Gütay, L., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Influence of secondary phase CuxSe on the optoelectronic quality of chalcopyrite thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (201910), 2019101-2019103. doi:10.1063/1.3592735
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Fontané, X., Calvo-Barrio, L., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Saucedo, E., Pérez-Rodriguez, A., Morante, J. R., Berg, D. M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). In-depth resolved Raman scattering analysis for the identification of secondary phases-characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 layers for solar cell applications. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (181905), 1819051-1819053. doi:10.1063/1.3587614
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REDINGER, A., Berg, D. M., DALE, P., DJEMOUR, R., Gütay, L., Eisenbarth, T., Valle, N., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Route Toward High-Efficiency Single-Phase Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin-Film Solar Cells: Model Experiments and Literature Review. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2168811
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REDINGER, A., Berg, M. D., DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). The Consequences of Kesterite Equilibria for Efficient Solar Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 3320-3323. doi:10.1021/ja111713g
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REDINGER, A., Hönes, K., Fontané, X., Izquierdo-Roca, V., Saucedo, E., Valle, N., Pérez-Rodriguez, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Detection of a ZnSe secondary phase in coevaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (101907), 1019071-1019073. doi:10.1063/1.3558706
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Krysztopa, A., Igalson, M., Zabierowski, P., LARSEN, J. K., Aida, Y., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Gütay, L. (2011). Defects levels in CuGaSe2 by modulated photocurrent spectroscopy. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7308-7311. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2010.12.106
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LARSEN, J. K., Gütay, L., AIDA, Y., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Spatial variations of optoelectronic properties in single crystalline CuGaSe2 thin films studied by photoluminescence. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7332-7336. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2010.12.213
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Gütay, L., REGESCH, D., LARSEN, J. K., AIDA, Y., DEPREDURAND, V., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Influence of copper excess on the absorber quality of CulnSe2. Applied Physics Letters, 99 (151912), 1519121-15191123. doi:10.1063/1.3648111
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STEICHEN, M., LARSEN, J. K., Gütay, L., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2011). Preparation of CuGaSe2 absorber layers for thin film solar cells by annealing of efficiently electrodeposited Cu-Ga precursor layers from ionic liquids. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7254-7258. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.01.135
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Igalson, M., Urbaniak, A., Krystopa, A., Aida, Y., Caballero, R., Edoff, M., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). Sub-bandgap photoconductivity and photocapacitance in CIGS thin films and devices. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7489-7492. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.01.179
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Gütay, L., LARSEN, J. K., Guillot, J., Müller, M., Bertram, F., Christen, J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). MOVPE of CuGaSe2 on GaAs in the presence of a CuxSe secondary phase. Journal of Crystal Growth, (315), 82-86. doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.09.035
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STEICHEN, M., THOMASSEY, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2011). Controlled electrodeposition of Cu-Ga from a deep eutectic solvent for low cost fabrication of CuGaSe2 thin film solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (10), 4292-4302. doi:10.1039/C0CP01408G
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (2011). What limits the efficiency of chalcopyrite solar cells? Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95, 1471-1476. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.014
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DALE, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (04 November 2010). Electrical and Opto-Electrical characterisation of Large-Area Semiconductor Devices.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (September 2010). What limits the efficiency of CIGS solar cells? And what can theory do to shift the limits? [Paper presentation]. psi_k conference, Berlin, Germany.

Hafemeister, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., Albert, J., Lux-Steiner, M. C. H., & Sadewasser, S. (2010). Large Neutral Barrier at Grain Boundaries in Chalcopyrite Thin Films. Physical Review Letters, 104 (196602), 1 - 4. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.196602
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Shafarman, W. N., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Stolt, L. (2010). Cu(InGa)Se2 Solar Cells. In A. Luque & S. Hegedus (Eds.), Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition. Wiley.
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SIEBENTRITT, S., Igalson, M., Persson, C., & Lany, S. (2010). The electronic structure of chalcopyrites - bands, point defects and grain boundaries. Progress in Photovoltaics, 18 (6), 390-410. doi:10.1002/pip.936
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REDINGER, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2010). Coevaporation of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 97 (9), 092111-1. doi:10.1063/1.3483760
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KURIHARA, M., BERG, D., FISCHER, J., SIEBENTRITT, S., & DALE, P. (2009). Kesterite absorber layer uniformity from electrodeposited pre-cursors. Physica Status Solidi A. Applied Research, 6 (5), 1241-1244.
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Rau, U., Taretto, K., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2009). Grain boundaries in Cu (In, Ga) (Se, S)2 thin-film solar cells. Applied Physics A : Materials Science & Processing, 96 (1), 221-234. doi:10.1007/s00339-008-4978-0
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Grossberg, M., Krustok, J., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Albert, J. (2009). Compositional dependence of Raman scattering and photoluminescence emission in Cu-Ga-Se films grown by MOCVD. Physica B. Condensed Matter. doi:10.1016/j.physb.2009.03.027
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Hönes, K., Zscherpel, E., Scragg, J. J., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2009). Shallow defects in Cu2ZnSnS4. Physica B. Condensed Matter, 404 (23-24), 4949-4952. doi:10.1016/j.physb.2009.08.206
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (October 2008). Thin Film Preparation of Chalcopyrites for Solar Cells and Fundamental Material Physics [Paper presentation]. AVS 55th International Symposium, Boston, United States.

SIEBENTRITT, S. (June 2008). Point defects and grain boundaries in chalcopyrites [Paper presentation]. workshop "Critical Material issues in photovoltaics", Lausanne, Switzerland.

SIEBENTRITT, S., & Rissom, T. (2008). Metastable behavior of donors in CuGaSe2 under illumination. Applied Physics Letters, 92, 062107-1. doi:10.1063/1.2857473
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Hönes, K., Eickenberg, M., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Persson, C. (2008). Polarization of defect related optical transitions in chalcopyrites. Applied Physics Letters, 93 (9), 0003-6951. doi:10.1063/1.2974085
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Hall, A. J., Hebert, D., Lei, C., Rockett, A., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2008). Epitaxial growth of very large grain bicrystalline Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin films by a hybrid sputtering method. Applied Physics Letters, 103 (8), 083540-1. doi:10.1063/1.2907446
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Cwil, M., Igalson, M., Zabierowski, P., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2008). Charge and doping distributions by capacitance profiling in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 063701-063701-9. doi:10.1063/1.2884708
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Grossberg, M., Krustok, J., Bodnar, I., SIEBENTRITT, S., & Albert, J. (2008). Photoluminescence and Raman spectra of the ordered vacancy compound CuGa5Se8. Physica B. Condensed Matter, 184-189. doi:10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.098
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Caballero, R., Kaufmann, C. A., Cwil, M., Kelch, C., Schweigert, D., Unold, T., Rusu, M., Schock, H. W., & SIEBENTRITT, S. (2007). The role of the CdS buffer layer in CuGaSe2-based solar cells. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19 (35), 356222-32. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/19/35/356222
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SIEBENTRITT, S. (2007). Polarized Photoluminescence of Defects in CuGaSe2 [Paper presentation]. MRS spring meeting, San Francisco, United States.

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