ZnO/CdTe and ZnO/CdS core-shell nanowire arrays for extremely thin absorber solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 122-127

  Salazar, Raúl ^a   Delamoreanu, Alexandru ^b   Clément, Claude Lévy ^c   Ivanova, Valentina ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique   (France)

^c CNRS Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne   (France)

Author keywords

Eta solar cell; Solar energy conversion; Sore shell nanostructures; Type II band alignment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EDGES; CDS; CDTE; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; ETA-SOLAR CELLS; EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBER SOLAR CELLS; EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBERS; ION LAYER ADSORPTION; NANOWIRES ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SILAR METHOD; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE AREA; THIN LAYERS; TYPE II; UNIFORM LAYER; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO NWS;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DEPOSITION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 84855698119     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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