Effect of copper salt and thiourea concentrations on the formation of Cu 2ZnSnS 4 thin films by spray pyrolysis

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-156

  Kumar, Y B Kishore ^a   Bhaskar, P Uday ^a   Babu, G Suresh ^a   Raja, V Sundara ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; COPPER SALT; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; KESTERITES; LATTICE PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; SALTS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; THIOUREAS; UREA;

COPPER;

EID: 75749112533     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200925194     Document Type: Article

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