Room temperature deposition of graded ZnO homojunction from a single sputter target

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-219

  Bu, Ian Y Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Co doping; Graded junction; Solar cells; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FABRICATED DEVICE; GRADED JUNCTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; SPUTTERING PROCESS; THIN-FILM PROPERTIES;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84886060210     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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