The next frontier: Electrodeposition for solar cell fabrication

Electrochemical Society Interface

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Deligianni, Lili ^a   Ahmed, Shafaat ^b   Romankiw, Lubomyr T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; PROCESSING CONDITION; SELECTIVE PROCESS; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; SUBSTRATE CONDUCTIVITY; UTILIZATION RATES; WET CHEMICAL PROCESS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80051541592     PISSN: 10648208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.F06112if     Document Type: Article

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