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Lateral Nonuniformity And Mesoscale Effects in Giant Area Electronics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
The recently developed physics of thin-film photovoltaics is suggested to be representative of other giant area electronics. We show that (i) giant-area devices are intrinsically nonuniform in the lateral directions, (ii) the nonuniformity spans length scales from millimeters to meters depending on external drivers such as light intensity and bias, and (iii) it significantly impacts the device performance. We derive a fundamental length scale that discriminates between the cases of small and large-area devices, and beyond which a new physics emerges. In addition, we present a practical method of mitigating the nonuniformity effects.
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