Characterization of transition metal oxide/silicon heterojunctions for solar cell applications

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 695-705

  Gerling, Luis G ^a   Mahato, Somnath ^a,b   Voz, Cristobal ^a   Alcubilla, Ramon ^a   Puigdollers, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Molybdenum oxide; Rhenium oxide; Silicon heterojunction solar cells; Transition metal oxides; Tungsten oxide; Vanadium oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973639325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app5040695     Document Type: Article

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