Nitrogen doped Cu 2O: A possible material for intermediate band solar cells?

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-195

  Malerba, Claudia ^a,b   Azanza Ricardo, Cristy Leonor ^a   Dincau, Mirco ^a   Biccari, Francesco ^b   Scardi, Paolo ^a   Mittiga, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cu 2O; Cuprous oxide; Intermediate band; Nitrogen doping

Indexed keywords

CUPROUS OXIDE; DOPED SAMPLE; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPING; O MATRICES; OPTIMAL VALUES; OXYGEN ATOM; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY FACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

CESIUM; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84862986201     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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