Room-temperature growth and optoelectronic properties of GZO/ZnO bilayer films on polycarbonate substrates by magnetron sputtering

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1282-1285

  Gong, Li ^a   Lu, Jianguo ^a   Ye, Zhizhen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Polycarbonate; Radio frequency magnetron sputtering; Transparent conductive oxides; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER FILMS; CONDUCTING PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROWTH PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE QUALITY; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; POLYCARBONATE SUBSTRATES; POLYMERIC SUBSTRATE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RANGE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPUTTERING POWER; SPUTTERING PRESSURES; SPUTTERING TIME; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; VISIBLE RANGE; ZNO BUFFER LAYER;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPITAXIAL LAYERS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXYGEN; POLYMERIC FILMS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 77953132046     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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