Photovoltaic performance of p-AgInSe2/n-CdS thin film heterojunctions

Materials Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3-6, 1998, Pages 217-221

  Paul Ramesh, P ^a   Hussain, O Md ^a   Uthanna, S ^a   Srinivasulu Naidu, B ^a   Jayarama Reddy, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical properties and measurements; Optical properties; Semiconductors; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILVER COMPOUNDS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SILVER INDIUM SELENIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0000026194     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(97)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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