40 years of inversion layer solar cells: From MOS to conducting polymer/inorganic hybrids

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1443-1459

  Har Lavan, Rotem ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heterojunctions; hybrid junctions; interface states; MIS devices; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor devices; semiconductor insulator interfaces; semiconductor metal interfaces

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATE SEMICONDUCTORS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYBRID JUNCTION; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; POLYMER/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL INTERFACES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERFACE STATES; INVERSION LAYERS; MIS DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84884603472     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2270347     Document Type: Article

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