Characterization of thin film cadmium sulfide grown using a modified chemical bath deposition process

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 476-479

  Archbold, M D ^a   Halliday, D P ^a   Durose, K ^a   Hase, T P A ^a   Smyth Boyle, D ^b   Govender, K ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; OPTICAL BANDGAPS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRON TRAPS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 27944490918     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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