Double open-circuit voltage of three-dimensional ZnO/CdTe solar cells by a balancing depletion layer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14718-14723

  Wang, Jing Jing ^a   Ling, Tao ^a   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^b   Du, Xi Wen ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CdTe; depletion layer; heterojunction solar cells; intermediate layer; open circuit voltage; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE MINERALS; TIMING CIRCUITS; ZINC OXIDE;

CDTE; DEPLETION LAYER; DEPLETION REGION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE DEFECTS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; THERMAL DEPOSITION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84906819043     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5041219     Document Type: Article

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