Experimental and theoretical investigations of structural and optical properties of CIGS thin films

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Chandramohan, M ^a   Velumani, S ^b   Venkatachalam, T ^c  

^a PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c Coimbatore Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Band gap; Chemical bath deposition; CIGS; Effective masses; Solar cells; Thin Films

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPOSITION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CIGS; CIGS THIN FILMS; EFFECTIVE MASS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THIN-FILMS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 77956483037     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2010.03.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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