Transparent conducting oxides for photovoltaics: Manipulation of fermi level,work function and energy band alignment

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4892-4914

  Klein, Andreas ^a   Körber, Christoph ^a   Wachau, Andŕe ^a   Säuberlich, Frank ^a   Gassenbauer, Yvonne ^a   Harvey, Steven P ^b   Proffit, Diana E ^b   Mason, Thomas O ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band alignment; Doping; Solar cells; Transparent conducting oxides; Work function

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DEFECT CHEMISTRY; ENERGY-BAND ALIGNMENT; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; SURFACE TERMINATION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE MATERIALS;

ALIGNMENT; BAND STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE DEFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

WORK FUNCTION;

EID: 79959422282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3114892     Document Type: Article

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