Chemical Bath Deposition of p-Type Transparent, Highly Conducting (CuS)x:(ZnS)1-x Nanocomposite Thin Films and Fabrication of Si Heterojunction Solar Cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1925-1932

  Xu, Xiaojie ^a,b   Bullock, James ^b,c   Schelhas, Laura T ^d   Stutz, Elias Z ^b,f   Fonseca, Jose J ^b,d   Hettick, Mark ^b,c   Pool, Vanessa L ^e   Tai, Kong Fai ^g   Toney, Michael F ^e   Fang, Xiaosheng ^a   Javey, Ali ^b,c   Wong, Lydia Helena ^g   Ager, Joel W ^b,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

^d University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

chemical bath deposition; heterojunctions; p type; photovoltaics; transparent conducting materials

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL FILMS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY SCATTERING; YARN; ZINC SULFIDE;

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LOW- TEMPERATURE PROCESS; P-TYPE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING MATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84960532365     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05124     Document Type: Article

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