Effects of proton irradiation on structural and optical properties of CdS thin films used in photovoltaic applications

Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Rapid Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1023-1026

  Ghenescu, V ^b   Ion, L ^a   Ghenescu, M ^b   Rusu, M ^c   Gugiu, M ^d   Velis, G ^a   Porumb, O ^a   Antohe, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^d HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

CdS; Photovoltaics; Proton irradiation; Thin films; XRD

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROTON IRRADIATION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CDS FILMS; CDS THIN FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UV ABSORPTION; XRD PATTERNS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77957365935     PISSN: 18426573     EISSN: 20653824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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