Effect of in situ CdCl2 treatment on spray deposited CdTe/CdS heterostructure

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3962-3971

  Krishna, K Vamsi ^a   Dutta, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; GRAIN GROWTH; IN SITU PROCESSING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CURRENT TRANSPORT; DEFECT DENSITY; INTERFACE STATE DENSITY; MELTING POINTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 7244258879     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1779952     Document Type: Article

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