Pulse electrodeposition of CuO thin films to improve crystallinity for the enhancement of photoelectrochemical response

Electrochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 831-837

  Sasano, Junji ^a   Motomura, Kenjiro ^a   Nagai, Miho ^a   Mohamad, Fariza Binti ^a   Izaki, Masanobu ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CuO; Oxide solar cell; Photoelectrochemical response; Pulse electrodeposition

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; POTENTIAL PULSE; PULSE CONDITION; PULSE ELECTRODEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 82555185333     PISSN: 13443542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.79.831     Document Type: Article

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