Bandgap tuning of multiferroic oxide solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-67

  Nechache, R ^a   Harnagea, C ^b   Li, S ^b   Cardenas, L ^b   Huang, W ^b   Chakrabartty, J ^b   Rosei, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FILM PREPARATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER SEPARATION; CATIONIC ORDERING; DOUBLE PEROVSKITES; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTIFERROIC FILM; MULTILAYER CONFIGURATION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

MULTIFERROICS;

EID: 84922209901     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.255     Document Type: Article

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