Applications of atomic layer deposition in solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Niu, Wenbin ^a   Li, Xianglin ^a   Karuturi, Siva Krishna ^b   Fam, Derrick Wenhui ^a   Fan, Hongjin ^c   Shrestha, Santosh ^b   Wong, Lydia Helena ^a   Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; bandstructure engineering; solar cells; surface passivation; surface sensitization

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CELL ENGINEERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PASSIVATION; SOLAR CELLS;

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; ENERGY RESEARCH; GROWTH OF THIN FILMS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE SENSITIZATION;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84921667020     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/6/064001     Document Type: Review

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