Preparation and optoelectronic characteristics of ZnO/CuO-Cu2O complex inverse heterostructure with GaP buffer for solar cell applications

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4479-4488

  Hsu, Chih Hung ^a   Chen, Lung Chien ^a   Lin, Yi Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cu2O; CuO whiskers; Energy gap widen effect; Gallium phosphide

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CELL STRUCTURE; NITROGEN GAS; NITROGEN GAS FLOW; OPTOELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; ZNO;

ENERGY GAP; FLOW RATE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLIDS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84888767452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6104479     Document Type: Article

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