Growth of textured ZnO thin films and their front electrodes for application in solar cells

Pan Tao Ti Hsueh Pao/Chinese Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1072-1077

  Chen, Xinliang ^a   Xue, Junming ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Geng, Xinhua ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B doping; Front electrodes; MOCVD; Solar cells; Textured ZnO film

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FILM GROWTH; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BORON DOPING; FRONT ELECTRODES; TEXTURED ZINC OXIDE FILM;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34547638467     PISSN: 02534177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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