Atmospheric pressure synthesis of in 2se 3, cu 2se, and cuinse 2 without external selenization from solution precursors

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1375-1387

  Nekuda Malik, Jennifer A ^a,b   Van Hest, Maikel F A M ^b   Miedaner, Alexander ^b   Curtis, Calvin J ^b   Leisch, Jennifer E ^b   Parilla, Philip A ^b   Kaufman, Michael ^a   Taylor, Matthew ^c   Stanbery, B J ^c   O'Hayre, Ryan P ^a   Ginley, David S ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HelioVolt Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BINARY STRUCTURES; COMPOSITION CHANGES; CUINSE2; DEGREE OF POROSITIES; HIGHLY DENSE; METAL ORGANIC DECOMPOSITIONS; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; PRECURSOR FILMS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; SELENIDE; SELENIZATION; SOLUTION PRECURSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; ORGANOMETALLICS; PROCESSING; SELENIUM; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65349083211     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0155     Document Type: Article

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