Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 Introduction
1.1 Natural Abundance of Elements in the Earth’s Crust
1.1.1 Chemical Elements
1.1.2 Solar Cells and Earth-Abundant Materials
1.2 Solar Radiation Spectrum
1.3 Shockley?{Queisser Efficiency Limit
1.4 Fundamental Properties of Photovoltaic Semiconductor Materials
1.5 Solar Cell Device Characteristics
1.6 Prediction of Physical Properties for Complex Material System
1.6.1 An Effective-Medium Approximation
1.6.2 An Interpolation Scheme
References
2 Structural Properties
2.1 Grimm?{Sommerfeld Rule
2.2 Crystal Structure
2.2.1 Crystal Structure
2.2.2 Theoretical Phase Stability
2.3 Lattice Constant and Related Parameters
2.3.1 Bulk Material
(a) Quaternary material
(b) Solid solution
(c) External perturbation effect
(d) Heteroepitaxy
2.3.2 Nanocrystalline Material
(a) Quaternary material
(b) Solid solution
2.4 Structural Phase Transition
References
3 Thermal Properties
3.1 Phase Diagram
3.1.1 Cu2Zn?{IV?{VI4 Quaternary
3.1.2 Cu2Cd?{IV?{VI4 Quaternary
3.1.3 Cu2Hg?{IV?{VI4 Quaternary
3.1.4 Cu2?{II?{IV?{VI4 Solid Solution
3.2 Melting Point
3.3 Specific Heat
3.4 Debye Temperature
3.5 Thermal Expansion Coefficient
3.6 Thermal Conductivity
3.6.1 Quaternary Material
3.6.2 Alloy Material
(a) Theoretical model
(b) Analysis
3.7 Thermal Duffusivity
References and Notes
4 Elastic, Mechanical and Lattice Dynamic Properties
4.1 Elastic Constant
4.1.1 General Remark
4.1.2 Theoretical Value
4.1.3 Yang’s Modulus, Poisson’s Ratio and Similar
4.1.4 Sound Velocity
4.2 Microhardness
4.3 Lattice Dynamic Properties
4.3.1 Phonon Dispersion Relation
4.3.2 Raman Scattering: Tetragonal Lattice
4.3.3 Raman Scattering: Orthorhombic Lattice
4.3.4 Effect of Atomic Mass on Phonon Frequency
4.3.5 Raman Scattering: Solid Solution
(a) General remark
(b) Experimental data
4.3.6 Raman Scattering: Excitation Wavelength Dependence
(a) Theoretical consideration
(b) Experimental data
4.3.7 Far-IR Spectroscopy
4.3.8 External Perturbation Effect
(a) Theoretical consideration
(b) Experimental data
4.3.8 Nanocrystalline Material
(a) General remark
(b) Experimental data
References
5 Electronic Energy-Band Structure
5.1 General Remark
5.1.1 Energy-Band Structure
(a) Tetragonal material
(b) Orthorhombic material
5.1.2
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Earth-abundant materials for solar cells : Cu2-II-IV-VI4 semiconductors by Sadao Adachi. ISBN 9781119052784. Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
