Physical properties of spray deposited CdTe thin films: PEC performance

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Nikale, V M ^a   Shinde, S S ^a   Bhosale, C H ^a   Rajpure, K Y ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CdTe; composition; concentration; morphology; optical; PEC; structure; temperature

Indexed keywords

CDTE; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION; OPTICAL; PEC; STRUCTURE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 79953745861     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/3/033001     Document Type: Article

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