Junctionless thin-film ferroelectric oxides for photovoltaic energy production

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9115, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rezaie, Farnood K ^a   Panjwani, Deep ^a   Nath, Janardan ^a   Fredricksen, Christopher J ^a   Oladeji, Isaiah O ^b   Peale, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Sisom Thin Films LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk photovoltaics; Ferroelectric thin film; KBNNO; Perovskite oxide; Solar cell; SPEED deposition

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY HARVESTING; FERROELECTRICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; FERROELECTRIC OXIDES; KBNNO; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84906330293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2050707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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