Stoichiometry controlled conversion efficiency in nanostructured heterojunction solar cell of CdS/CuInSXSe2-X grown by chemical ion exchange method at room temperature

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1316-1321

  Joshi, Rajesh A ^a   Taur, Vidya S ^a   Ghule, Anil V ^a   Sharma, Ramphal ^a  

^a DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CdS CuInSXSe2 X solar cell; Chemical ion exchange route; Electron hole pair generation; Nanostructured heterojunction

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CDS; CDS/CUINSXSE2-X SOLAR CELL; COST EFFECTIVE; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIR GENERATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY BANDGAPS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ION-EXCHANGE METHODS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NONSTOICHIOMETRIC; OPTICAL ABSORBANCE; RED-SHIFTED; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DIFFRACTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; ITO GLASS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FILM; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELENIUM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79956127249     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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