Improved solar cell performance of chemosynthesized cadmium selenide pebbles

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 244-254

  Pawar, Sachin A ^a   Devan, Rupesh S ^b   Patil, Dipali S ^a   Moholkar, Annasaheb V ^a   Gang, Myeng Gil ^c   Ma, Yuan Ron ^b   Kim, Jin Hyeok ^c   Patil, Pramod S ^a,c  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; CdSe pebbles; Chemosynthesis; Solar cell; XPS

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; CDSE; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ANNEALING; DEPOSITS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875919811     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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