P-CuO/n-Si heterojunction solar cells with high open circuit voltage and photocurrent through interfacial engineering

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 637-645

  Masudy Panah, Saeid ^a,b   Dalapati, Goutam Kumar ^b   Radhakrishnan, K ^a   Kumar, Avishek ^b,c   Tan, Hui Ru ^b   Naveen Kumar, Elumalai ^b,c   Vijila, Chellappan ^b   Tan, Cheng Cheh ^b   Chi, Dongzhi ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CuO based solar cell; heterojunction; interface engineering; photovoltaic; Voc

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CHARGE CARRIERS; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTALS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THIN FILMS; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; INTERFACE PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84927574614     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2483     Document Type: Article

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