Impact of metal contact on the performance of cupric oxide based thin film solar cells

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 378-380

  Masudy Panah, S ^a,b   Kumar, V ^a   Tan, C C ^b   Radhaknshnan, K ^a   Chi, D Z ^b   Dalapati, G K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CuO thin film solar cells; front contact

Indexed keywords

AL CONTACT; CONTACT MATERIAL; CUO THIN FILMS; CUPRIC OXIDE; METAL CONTACTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; RAPID THERMAL PROCESS; RF SPUTTERING METHOD; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SILICON; THIN FILMS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874784487     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INEC.2013.6466052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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