Electrodeposition of tin selenide thin film semiconductor: Effect of the electrolytes concentration on the film properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-132

  Zainal, Zulkarnain ^a   Ali, Ali Jimale ^a   Kassim, Anuar ^a   Hussein, Mohd Zobir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Film properties; Thin films; Tin selenide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAMMETRY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0041728679     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00392-6     Document Type: Article

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