Exciton-mediated photovoltaic effect in ${Cu}_{2}$ O/Cu

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2 November 1987

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 59 (18) , 2107-2110
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2107

Abstract

Low-temperature photovoltaic spectra in

{Cu}_{2}

O/Cu are attributed to the diffusion of n=1 excitons and their subsequent dissociation at the metal-semiconductor interface.

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