Junction characteristics of chemically-derived graphene/p-Si heterojunction solar cell

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 766-774

  Behura, Sanjay K ^a,b   Nayak, Sasmita ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Indrajit ^b   Jani, Omkar ^a  

^a Innovation and Incubation Centre   (India)

^b PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

CHARGE MEASUREMENTS; CHEMICALLY DERIVED GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84892807676     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.069     Document Type: Article

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