Integration of CdTe-ZnO nanocomposite thin films into photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-92

  Huang, Wei Jie ^a   De Valle, Scott A ^a   Kana Kana, Jean B ^a   Simmons Potter, K ^a,b   Potter, B G ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier transport; Quantum dots nanostructure; Spectral sensitizer; Thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; RF MAGNETRON SPUTTER DEPOSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES; SPECTRAL SENSITIZERS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84923039675     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

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