Cu2Te synthesis and in-vacuum thermal decomposition: Chemical-kinetics analysis and comparison to equilibrium vapor-pressure measurements

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 20-21, 2007, Pages 7886-7891

  Teeter, Glenn ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper telluride; Evaporation and sublimation; In situ characterization; Photovoltaics; Polycrystalline thin films; Surface chemical reaction; Surface thermodynamics; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EVAPORATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; SUBLIMATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL DESORPTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

COPPER TELLURIDE; EQUILIBRIUM VAPOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE THERMODYNAMICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34547654108     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.04.045     Document Type: Article

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