Influence of the thickness on structural, optical and electrical properties of chemical bath deposited CdS thin films

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Enríquez, Joel Pantoja ^a   Mathew, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Band gap; CBD; CdS; Photo response; Structure

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION (CBD);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037474813     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00283-0     Document Type: Article

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