Three-dimensional ordered ZnO/Cu2O nanoheterojunctions for efficient metal-oxide solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3216-3223

  Chen, Xiang ^a   Lin, Pei ^a   Yan, Xiaoqin ^a   Bai, Zhiming ^a   Yuan, Haoge ^a   Shen, Yanwei ^a   Liu, Yichong ^a   Zhang, Guangjie ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

3D heterojunction; interface modulation; laser interference lithography; metal oxide; solar cells

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; MODULATION; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

3D HETEROJUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; METAL OXIDES; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922792565     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507836v     Document Type: Article

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