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Title: High carrier concentration p-type transparent conducting oxide films

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175399

A p-type transparent conducting oxide film is provided which is consisting essentially of, the transparent conducting oxide and a molecular doping source, the oxide and doping source grown under conditions sufficient to deliver the doping source intact onto the oxide.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
Assignee:
Midwest Research Instittue (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Number(s):
6,908,782
Application Number:
10/344,446
OSTI ID:
1175399
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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