Catalyst-free growth of zinc oxide nanorod arrays on sputtered aluminum-doped zinc oxide for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3539-3543

  Conradt, Jonas ^a   Sartor, Janos ^a   Thiele, Cornelius ^a   Maier Flaig, Florian ^a   Fallert, Johannes ^a   Kalt, Heinz ^a   Schneider, Reinhard ^a   Fotouhi, Mohammad ^a   Pfundstein, Peter ^a   Zibat, Volker ^a   Gerthsen, Dagmar ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZNO; CATALYST-FREE; CATALYST-FREE GROWTH; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; GLOBAL RESOURCES; GROWTH METHOD; INDIUM-FREE; NANOROD ARRAYS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC HOLE CONDUCTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; WELL-ALIGNED; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD ARRAYS;

ALUMINUM; CATALYSTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIUM; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 79952300841     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp111824d     Document Type: Article

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