Deposition and characterization of nanostructured Cu2O thin-film for potential photovoltaic applications

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1740-1746

  Gupta, Nishant ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^a   Wu, Fan ^b   Narayan, Jagdish ^b   McMillen, Colin ^c   Alapatt, Githin F ^a   Poole, Kelvin F ^a   Hwu, Shiou Jyh ^c   Sulejmanovic, Dino ^c   Young, Matthew ^d   Teeter, Glenn ^d   Ullal, Harin S ^d  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAINS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ISLANDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

DEPOSITION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT SOURCES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84880241214     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.150     Document Type: Article

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