Aluminum oxide-n-Si field effect inversion layer solar cells with organic top contact

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Erickson, A S ^a   Kedem, N K ^a   Haj Yahia, A E ^a   Cahen, D ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN VOLTAGE; CONTACT STRUCTURE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FERMI LEVEL PINNING; FIELD EFFECTS; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; NEGATIVE CHARGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; STRONG INVERSION; TOP CONTACT;

INVERSION LAYERS; MONOLAYERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 84870944931     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4769041     Document Type: Article

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