Growth of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films by selenization of sputtered single-layered Cu-Zn-Sn metallic precursors from a Cu-Zn-Sn alloy target

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Kim, Kyoo Ho ^a   Amal, Ikhlasul ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cu Zn Sn; Cu2ZnSnSe4; selenization; solar Cells; sputtering; thin Films

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ALLOY TARGET; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; CU-ZN-SN; GRAIN SIZE; METALLIC PRECURSOR; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RAMAN ANALYSIS; SELENIZATION; SINGLE PHASE;

CERIUM ALLOYS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

COPPER;

EID: 80054115919     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-011-0909-x     Document Type: Article

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