Ideal transparent conductors for full spectrum photovoltaics

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yu, Kin Man ^a   Mayer, Marie A ^a,b   Speaks, Derrick T ^a,b   He, Hongcai ^a,c   Zhao, Ruying ^a,b   Hsu, L ^d   Mao, Samuel S ^a   Haller, E E ^a,b   Walukiewicz, Wladek ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; FULL SPECTRUM; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; INFRA-RED PARTS; LOW BAND GAP; LOW RESISTANCE; METAL OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TRANSMISSION WINDOW; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84863503110     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4729563     Document Type: Article

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