Development of CZTS thin films solar cells by pulsed laser deposition: Influence of pulse repetition rate

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1354-1363

  Moholkar, A V ^a,b   Shinde, S S ^a   Babar, A R ^a   Sim, Kyu Ung ^b   Kwon, Ye bin ^b   Rajpure, K Y ^a   Patil, P S ^a   Bhosale, C H ^a   Kim, J H ^b  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compositional; CZTS; Morphological; Optical properties; Solar cells; Structural

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; COMPOSITIONAL; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CZTS; DIRECT BAND GAP; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH QUALITY; MORPHOLOGICAL; REPETITION RATE; STRUCTURAL; THIN FILMS SOLAR CELLS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; XPS ANALYSIS;

ANNEALING; COPPER; DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

FILM; GRAIN SIZE; LASER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR POWER; STOCHASTICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79956120723     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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