Enhancement of solar cell performance of p-Cu2O/n-ZnO-nanotube and nanorod heterojunction devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-93

  Abd Ellah, Marwa ^a   Thomas, Joseph P ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Leung, Kam Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Inorganic heterojunction solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CORROSION; COST REDUCTION; DEFECT DENSITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METALS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CUPROUS OXIDE; DIRECT-CHARGE TRANSFERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTRODEPOSITION METHODS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION;

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EID: 84962732238     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.022     Document Type: Article

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