Optical properties of ZnO/ZnS and ZnO/ZnTe heterostructures for photovoltaic applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2377-2382

  Schrier, Joshua ^a   Demchenko, Denis O ^a   Wang, Lin Wang ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CARRIER LOCALIZATION; P-CHANNEL CONTACTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SHOCKLEY-QUIESSER EFFICIENCY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

NANOMATERIAL; TELLURIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; TELLURIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34548192076     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071027k     Document Type: Article

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