Synthesis and microstructural studies of annealed Cu2O/CuxS bilayer as transparent electrode material for photovoltaic and energy storage devices

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-71

  Taleatu, B A ^a,b   Arbab, E A A ^a,c   Omotoso, E ^b   Mola, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Bilayer; Crystallinity; Electrodeposition; Energy band gap; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY GAP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANNEALING; BI-LAYER; CRISTALLINITY; ELECTRODEPOSITION METHODS; ENERGY BANDGAPS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POTENTIOSTATICS; THIN-FILMS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE MATERIALS;

ELECTRODEPOSITION;

COPPER OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FILM; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84908593323     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12158     Document Type: Article

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