High near-infrared transparent molybdenum-doped indium oxide thin films for nanocrystalline silicon solar cell applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Parthiban, S ^a   Gokulakrishnan, V ^a   Ramamurthi, K ^a   Elangovan, E ^b   Martins, R ^b   Fortunato, E ^b   Ganesan, R ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Charge carrier mobility; Molybdenum doped indium oxide thin films; Near infrared transparency; Wide band gap

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGENATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PYROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

BIXBYITE STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DOPING LEVELS; HIGH MOBILITIES; IMO FILMS; INDIUM OXIDES; INFRARED REGIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE; NEAR-INFRARED TRANSPARENCY; POLYCRYSTAL LINES; PREFERRED GROWTHS; PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCES; WIDE BAND GAP;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 55949083642     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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