Production of cuprous oxide, a solar cell material, by thermal oxidation and a study of its physical and electrical properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 305-316

  Musa, A O ^a   Akomolafe, T ^b   Carter, M J ^c  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FILM GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METAL FOIL; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOOXIDATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HOT PROBE THERMOELECTRIC METHOD;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032570369     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00233-X     Document Type: Article

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