Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells

Ali, Haider; Maynau, Céline; Lajaunie, Luc; Gregory, Geoffrey; Wu, Lijun; Looney, John Patrick; Zhu, Yimei; Schneider, Matthew; Schoenfeld, Winston V.; Davis, Kristopher O.

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b12703

Title: Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells

Authors:

Ali, Haider ^[1]; Maynau, Céline ^[2];

^[2]; Gregory, Geoffrey ^[1];

^[3]; Looney, John Patrick ^[3];

^[3]; Schneider, Matthew ^[4]; Schoenfeld, Winston V. ^[1];

^[1]

Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
Univ. de Cádiz (Spain)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States

Publication Date:: 2019-10-31

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1583109

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1608685

Report Number(s):: BNL-213528-2020-JAAM; LA-UR-19-30766
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244; TRN: US2101061

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; EE0007533; 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 46; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; hole-selective; molybdenum oxide (MoOx); transmission electron microscopy (TEM); electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS); silicon

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                    Ali, Haider, Maynau, Céline, Lajaunie, Luc, Gregory, Geoffrey, Wu, Lijun, Looney, John Patrick, Zhu, Yimei, Schneider, Matthew, Schoenfeld, Winston V., and Davis, Kristopher O. Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Ali, Haider, Maynau, Céline, Lajaunie, Luc, Gregory, Geoffrey, Wu, Lijun, Looney, John Patrick, Zhu, Yimei, Schneider, Matthew, Schoenfeld, Winston V., & Davis, Kristopher O. Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b12703

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                    Ali, Haider, Maynau, Céline, Lajaunie, Luc, Gregory, Geoffrey, Wu, Lijun, Looney, John Patrick, Zhu, Yimei, Schneider, Matthew, Schoenfeld, Winston V., and Davis, Kristopher O. Thu .  
        "Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b12703.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1583109.

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  title        = {Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Hole-Selective Molybdenum Oxide Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells},

  author       = {Ali, Haider and Maynau, Céline and Lajaunie, Luc and Gregory, Geoffrey and Wu, Lijun and Looney, John Patrick and Zhu, Yimei and Schneider, Matthew and Schoenfeld, Winston V. and Davis, Kristopher O.},

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  doi          = {10.1021/acsami.9b12703},

  journal      = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},

  number       = 46,

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {10}

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