ZnO-coated CuO nanowire arrays: Fabrications, optoelectronic properties, and photovoltaic applications

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11271-11279

  Wang, Peng ^a   Zhao, Xinhong ^a   Li, Baojun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

A-THERMAL; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; THERMAL OXIDATION; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 79958231703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011271     Document Type: Article

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