High mobility transparent conducting oxides for thin film solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 518, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1839-1849

  Calnan, S ^a   Tiwari, A N ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High mobility; Solar cells; Transparent conducting oxide

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; FILM RESISTIVITY; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTO-ELECTRONICS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SPECIAL CLASS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WIDE SPECTRUM;

CADMIUM; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 73949136134     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.09.044     Document Type: Review

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