Synthesis of nanostructured Al-doped zinc oxide films on Si for solar cells applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1417-1422

  Lupan, O ^a,b   Shishiyanu, S ^a   Ursaki, V ^a,c   Khallaf, H ^b   Chow, L ^b   Shishiyanu, T ^a   Sontea, V ^a   Monaico, E ^a   Railean, S ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOLDOVA   (Moldova)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Moldova)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Electrical properties; Nanostructures; Photoluminescence; Zinc Oxide

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZINC OXIDE FILMS; AL-DOPED ZNO; CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; RAPID PHOTOTHERMAL PROCESSING; RESONANT RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE; ZNO FILMS;

ALUMINUM; DEFECT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 67349190634     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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