Effects of deposition temperature on characteristics of Ga-doped ZnO film prepared by highly efficient cylindrical rotating magnetron sputtering for organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-663

  Park, Jun Hyuk ^a   Ahn, Kyung Jun ^b   Na, Seok In ^c   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b SNTEK   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cylindrical rotating magnetron sputtering; Ga doped ZnO; Organic solar cells; Transmittance; Transparent conducting electrodes

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL ROTATING MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; GA-DOPED ZNO; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; TRANSMITTANCE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; FILM PREPARATION; GALLIUM; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; ROTATION; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 78650707490     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.036     Document Type: Article

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