Single-wall carbon nanotube networks as a transparent back contact in CdTe solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Barnes, T M ^a   Wu, X ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Duda, A ^a   Van De Lagemaat, J ^a   Coutts, T J ^a   Weeks, C L ^b   Britz, D A ^b   Glatkowski, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Eikos Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HOLE MOBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

HOLE-SELECTIVE CONDUCTORS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES (TCO);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34250644420     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2748078     Document Type: Article

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