Semiconductor thin films directly from minerals-study of structural, optical, and transport characteristics of Cu 2O thin films from malachite mineral and synthetic CuO

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 520, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3914-3917

  Balasubramaniam, K R ^a   Kao, V M ^a   Ravichandran, J ^b   Rossen, P B ^c   Siemons, W ^b   Ager III, J W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper oxide; Mass spectroscopy of recoiled ions; Minerals; Optical properties; Photovoltaics; Transport characteristics; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACTIVE COMPONENTS; CUPROUS OXIDE; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; LOW COSTS; MAJORITY CARRIERS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; NATURAL MINERALS; NON-TOXICITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SOURCE MATERIAL; STORAGE TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY CONVERSION; HOLE MOBILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84858342611     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.01.041     Document Type: Article

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