Microstructures and photovoltaic properties of Zn(Al)O/Cu 2 O-based solar cells prepared by spin-coating and electrodeposition

Coatings

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-213

  Oku, Takeo ^a   Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuya ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu 2 O; Photovoltaic cell; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923799407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/coatings4020203     Document Type: Article

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