A high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of carbon-nitrogen impurity in chemical bath deposited CdS thin films

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2167-2175

  Kylner, Angela ^a   Wirde, Mikael ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadmium cyanamide (CdNCN); Carbon nitrogen impurity; Chemical bath deposited (CBD) CdS films; Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells; Decomposition products of thiourea; FTIR; High resolution XPS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITED (CBD) CADMIUM SULFIDE THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPURITIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0031125349     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.2167     Document Type: Article

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