A novel buffering technique for aqueous processing of zinc oxide nanostructures and interfaces, and corresponding improvement of electrodeposited ZnO-Cu2O photovoltaics

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-582

  Musselman, Kevin P ^a   Marin, Andrew ^a   Wisnet, Andreas ^b   Scheu, Christina ^b   MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^a   Schmidt Mende, Lukas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

anodic alumina; electrodeposition; impedance spectroscopy; photovoltaic; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANODIC ALUMINA; ANODIC ALUMINA TEMPLATE; AQUEOUS PROCESSING; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BI-LAYER; BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; DEPOSITION METHODS; DEPOSITION SOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HETERO INTERFACES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SELECTIVE ETCHING; ZNO; ZNO FILMS;

ALUMINUM SHEET; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTIONS; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79551667778     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001956     Document Type: Article

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