Deposition and characterization of copper indium gallium diselenide films by laser ablation and flash evaporation for use in solar cells

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5611-5613

  Ahmed, E ^a   Hill, A E ^a   Pilkington, R D ^a   Tomlinson, R D ^a   Leppavuori, J ^b   Levoska, J ^b   Kusmartseva, O ^b   Ahmed, W ^c   Afzal, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EVAPORATION; FILM PREPARATION; LASER ABLATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FLASH EVAPORATION;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0031271744     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018684726577     Document Type: Article

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