Developing cadmium-free window layers for solar cell applications: Some factors controlling the growth and morphology of β-indium sulfide thin films and related (In,Zn)S ternaries

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2242-2247

  Govender, Kuveshni ^a   Boyle, David S ^a   O'Brien, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL BATHS;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLASS; INDIUM; OXIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TIN DERIVATIVE; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0042387793     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b305789e     Document Type: Article

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