Structural and optical properties of amorphous and crystalline antimony sulfide thin-films

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 7171-7176

  Versavel, Matthieu Y ^a   Haber, Joel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous antimony sulfide; Amorphous materials; Crystalline antimony sulfide; Optical properties; Semiconductors; Solar cells; Sputtering; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANTIMONY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SPUTTERING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

AMORPHOUS ANTIMONY SULFIDE; BAND ENERGIES; CRYSTALLINE ANTIMONY SULFIDE; POLYCRYSTALLINE ANTIMONY SULFIDE FILMS; RADIO FREQUENCY SPUTTERING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34249008997     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.03.043     Document Type: Article

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