Solution-processing of ultra-thin CdTe/ZnO nanocrystal solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 558, Issue , 2014, Pages 365-373

  MacDonald, Brandon I ^a,b   Gengenbach, Thomas R ^a   Watkins, Scott E ^a   Mulvaney, Paul ^b   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Layer by layer; Nanocrystal; Sintered; Solar Cells; Solution processed; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LAYER BY LAYER; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS; SINTERED; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84898808280     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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