CdTe nanoparticles for the deposition of CdTe films using close spaced sublimation

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 312, Issue 16-17, 2010, Pages 2449-2453

  Schumm, Benjamin ^a   Althues, Holger ^b   Kaskel, Stefan ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL AND BEAM TECHNOLOGY IWS   (Germany)

Author keywords

A1. Nanostructures; A3. Chemical vapor deposition processes; B1. Nanomaterials; B1. Tellurides; B2. Semiconducting cadmium compounds; B3. Solar cells

Indexed keywords

B1. NANOMATERIALS; B2. SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; B3.SOLAR CELL; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS; NANO-MATERIALS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; FILM GROWTH; GROWTH KINETICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR CELLS; SUBLIMATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955280831     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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