SnS thin film solar cells with Zn1-xMgxO buffer layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Ikuno, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Ryo ^a   Kitazumi, Kosuke ^a   Takahashi, Naoko ^a   Kato, Naohiko ^a   Higuchi, Kazuo ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING LAYERS; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; MG CONTENT; SNS THIN FILMS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877979765     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804603     Document Type: Article

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