Photoelectrochemical characterization of CuInSe2 and Cu(In 1-xGax)Se2 thin films for solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 234-240

  Ye, Heechang ^a   Park, Hyun S ^a   Akhavan, Vahid A ^b   Goodfellow, Brian W ^b   Panthani, Matthew G ^b   Korgel, Brian A ^b   Bard, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PHOTONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CDS LAYER; CIGS FILMS; CIS FILM; ETHYL VIOLOGEN; FLAT BAND POTENTIAL; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; METHYL VIOLOGEN; MOTT-SCHOTTKY PLOTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SPRAY COATING;

ACETONITRILE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78651095509     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp108170g     Document Type: Article

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