Electrochemical processing of surface layers on CuInS2 thin film solar cell absorbers

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 399-402

  Aggour, M ^a,b   Lewerenz, H J ^a   Klaer, J ^a   Storkel U ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE; CALOMEL ELECTRODE; COPPER INDIUM SULFIDE; COVELLITE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; PHOTOEFFECT; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATION;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 0034275557     PISSN: 10990062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.1391159     Document Type: Article

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