Cadmium sulfide nanowire arrays for window layer applications in solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-191

  Dang, Hongmei ^a   Singh, Vijay ^a   Rajaputra, Suresh ^a   Guduru, Sai ^a   Chen, Jianhao ^a   Nadimpally, Bhavananda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide nanowires; CdS CdTe; Heterojunction; Photovoltaic cells; Schottky diodes; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOWIRES; CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CDS-CDTE; DIODE IDEALITY FACTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; CDTE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84899004819     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.039     Document Type: Article

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