CdTe Schottky diodes from colloidal nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Olson, J D ^a   Rodriguez, Y W ^a   Yang, L D ^a   Alers, G B ^a   Carter, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE; CDTE; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOROD FILMS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRA-THIN;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAIN GROWTH; NANORODS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SINTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77953730273     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3440384     Document Type: Article

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