Review on materials properties of Sn(S,Se) compound semiconductors useful for photoelectrochemical solar cells

Bulletin of Electrochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 349-366

  Subramanian, B ^a   Sanjeeviraja, C ^a   Jayachandran, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chalcogenide; Semiconductor; Thin film; Tin selenide; Tin sulfide; Tin sulfoselenide

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGEN; SELENIDE; SULFIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FILM; MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0036696089     PISSN: 02561654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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