Electrodeposition of CuInSe2 from ethylene glycol at 150 °C

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1518-1523

  Wellings, J S ^a   Samantilleke, A P ^a   Heavens, S N ^b   Warren, P ^c   Dharmadasa, I M ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ionotec Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Pilkington Group Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CuInSe2; Electrodeposition; Non aqueous; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; BINARY PHASIS; CHALCOPYRITE THIN FILMS; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE; CRYSTALLINITY; CUINSE2; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL SOLUTIONS; MATERIAL QUALITY; NEGATIVE VOLTAGE; NON-AQUEOUS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649400365     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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