Photovoltaic properties of Bi2 FeCrO6 epitaxial thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Nechache, R ^a,b   Harnagea, C ^b   Licoccia, S ^a   Traversa, E ^a,c   Ruediger, A ^a   Pignolet, A ^b   Rosei, F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

CATIONIC ORDERING; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; MONOCHROMATIC ILLUMINATION; MULTIFERROIC FILM; MULTIFERROICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZERO-BIAS VOLTAGE;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79957574448     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3590270     Document Type: Article

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