Electrodeposited ZnO-nanowire/Cu2O photovoltaic device with highly resistive ZnO intermediate layer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 13461-13469

  Izaki, Masanobu ^a   Ohta, Takayuki ^a   Kondo, Misaki ^a   Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Mohamad, Fariza Binti ^c   Zamzuri, Mohd ^a   Sasano, Junji ^a   Shinagawa, Tsutomu ^b   Pauporté, Thierry ^d  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

cuprous oxide; electrodeposition; nanowire; photovoltaic device; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CUPROUS OXIDE; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; RECOMBINATION LOSS; ZINC CHLORIDE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ZINC NITRATES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84906818912     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502246j     Document Type: Article

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