From a carpet of nanorods to a thin film solar cell absorber within a few seconds

Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 12:23 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists have discovered a novel solid state reaction which lets kesterite grains grow within a few seconds and at relatively low temperatures. For this reaction, they exploit a transition from a metastable wurtzite compound in the form of nanorods to the more stable kesterite compound.

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