p-i-n heterojunctions with BiFeO3 perovskite nanoparticles and p-and n-type oxides: Photovoltaic properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20479-20486

  Chatterjee, Soumyo ^a   Bera, Abhijit ^a   Pal, Amlan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

BiFeO3 nanoparticles; MoO3 and ZnO nanoparticles; NiO; p i n heterojunctions; Perovskites; Photovoltaic properties of all oxide p i n heterojunctions

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS; P-I-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; TYPE II BAND ALIGNMENTS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84914666238     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506066m     Document Type: Article

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