Effect of inserting a thin buffer layer on the efficiency in n-ZnO/p-Cu 2O heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nishi, Yuki ^a   Miyata, Toshihiro ^a   Minami, Tadatsugu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; AZO THIN FILMS; BARRIER HEIGHTS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; GAS PRESSURES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NON-DOPED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO LAYERS;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ZINC OXIDE;

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EID: 84863642365     PISSN: 07342101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.3698596     Document Type: Article

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