Investigation of Cu-containing low resistivity CdTe thin films deposited by the two-source evaporation technique

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1296-1302

  Ali, A ^a   Shah, N A ^a   Aqili, A K S ^b   Maqsood, A ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPPER; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION GRAPH; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; TWO-PROBE METHOD; VAN DER PAUW METHOD;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33747236705     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/21/9/014     Document Type: Article

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