Fabrication and characterization of copper system compound semiconductor solar cells

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Oku, Takeo ^a   Motoyoshi, Ryosuke ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Kikuchi, Kenji ^a   Kikuchi, Shiomi ^a   Jeyadevan, Balachandran ^a   Cuya, Jhon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; COPPER INDIUM DISULFIDE; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SPIN-COATING METHOD;

COPPER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77957833645     PISSN: 16878434     EISSN: 16878442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/562842     Document Type: Article

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