CdS thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering in Ar atmosphere

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 453-458

  Punnoose, A ^a   Marafi, M ^a   Prabu, G ^a   El Akkad, F ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FILM PREPARATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0033907564     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(200002)177:2<453::AID-PSSA453>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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