Nanocone tip-film solar cells with efficient charge transport

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 4381-4385

  Lee, Sang Hyun ^a   Zhang, X G ^a   Parish, Chad M ^a   Lee, Ho Nyung ^a   Smith, D Barton ^a   He, Yongning ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carrier transport; nanocones; nanojuncations; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CDTE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; JUNCTION AREA; NANO-CONES; NANOCONE; NANOJUNCATIONS; NANOJUNCTIONS; PLANAR STRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ZNO;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; TELLURIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 80053470745     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101655     Document Type: Article

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