Band engineering of type-II ZnO/ZnSe heterostructures for solar cell applications

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-733

  Ni, Jianchao ^a   Wu, Zhiming ^a   Lin, Xiangan ^a   Zheng, Jinjian ^a   Li, Shuping ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Kang, Junyong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; II VI; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BAND ENGINEERING; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; II-VI; MISFIT STRESS; NEAR INFRARED; OPTIMAL STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; WURTZITES; ZINC BLENDE; ZNO;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SEPARATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84863133368     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.417     Document Type: Article

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