Tailoring absorber thickness and the absorber-scaffold interface in CdSe-coated ZnO nanowire extremely thin absorber solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-299

  Majidi, Hasti ^a,b   Edley, Michael E ^a   Spangler, Leah C ^a   Baxter, Jason B ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Bulk recombination; CdS; ETA solar cell; Interfacial recombination; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

BULK RECOMBINATION; CDS; ETA-SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACIAL RECOMBINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

BUFFER LAYERS;

EID: 84907538790     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.150     Document Type: Article

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