Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 7, 391(2025)

Research on conduction band offset of CZTSSe solar cell with double absorber layers

Xiaofeng HU, Yuming XUE, Hongli DAI, Luoxin WANG, Meng NI, and Xin BAI
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HU Xiaofeng, XUE Yuming, DAI Hongli, WANG Luoxin, NI Meng, BAI Xin. Research on conduction band offset of CZTSSe solar cell with double absorber layers[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2025, 21(7): 391

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Received: Jul. 20, 2023

Accepted: Jul. 24, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 24, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-025-3139-4

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