Highly conductive ZnO films with high near infrared transparency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1630-1641

  Hála, Matěj ^a   Fujii, Shohei ^b   Redinger, Alex ^a   Inoue, Yukari ^b   Rey, Germain ^a   Thevenin, Maxime ^a   Deprédurand, Valérie ^a   Weiss, Thomas Paul ^a   Bertram, Tobias ^a   Siebentritt, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

chalcogenides; kesterites; near infrared transparency; TCO; ZnO, thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHALCOGENIDES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METALLIC FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIO WAVES; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIN COMPOUNDS; TRANSPARENCY; ZINC OXIDE;

AMBIENT STABILITY; FREE CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; KESTERITES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED REGION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84944176637     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2601     Document Type: Article

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