Growth, structural and optical properties of copper indium diselenide thin films deposited by thermal evaporation method

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 753-760

  Shah, N M ^a   Panchal, C J ^a   Kheraj, V A ^a   Ray, J R ^a   Desai, M S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; CuInSe2 thin film; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; Thermal evaporation; Transmission measurements; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; COMPOUND MATERIALS; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; CUINSE2 THIN FILM; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; ENERGY BAND GAPS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION CO-EFFICIENT; HALL-EFFECT MEASUREMENTS; NEAR STOICHIOMETRIC; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; QUARTZ AMPOULES; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-SOURCE THERMAL EVAPORATION METHODS; SODA-LIME GLASS SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHODS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HALL EFFECT; INDIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; GLASS; INDIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUARTZ; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 63449110808     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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