Fully-depleted pn-junction solar cells based on layers of Cu 2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and copper-diffused AgInS2 ternary nanocrystals

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-85

  Dasgupta, Uttiya ^a   Saha, Sudip K ^a   Pal, Amlan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Colloidal quantum dots; Depletion region; Fully depleted pn junction; pn Junction solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894253440     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.041     Document Type: Article

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