Photovoltaic characteristics of nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon thin-films grown on quartz and flexible plastic substrates by microwave surface wave plasma CVD

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 3-7, 2005, Pages 1084-1088

  Omer, Ashraf M M ^a   Rusop, Mohamad ^b   Adhikari, Sudip ^a   Adhikary, Sunil ^a   Uchida, Hideo ^a   Umeno, Masayoshi ^a  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Microwave surface wave plasma CVD; Nitrogen doping; Photovoltaic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASTICS; QUARTZ; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; MICROWAVE SURFACE WAVE PLASMA CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBON;

EID: 18444402239     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2004.12.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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