Improvement of the physical properties of ZnO/CdTe core-shell nanowire arrays by CdCl2 heat treatment for solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Consonni, Vincent ^a,b   Renet, Sébastien ^c   Garnier, Jérôme ^a,b   Gergaud, Patrice ^c   Artús, Lluis ^d   Michallon, Jérôme ^a,b,e   Rapenne, Laetitia ^a,b   Appert, Estelle ^a,b   Kaminski Cachopo, Anne ^a,e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES MATÉRIAUX ET DU GÉNIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e IMEP LAHC   (France)

Author keywords

Heat treatment; Nanowire arrays; Solar cells; ZnO CdTe

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINITY; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; HEAT TREATMENT; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; NANOWIRES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903995124     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-222     Document Type: Article

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