Characterization of cadmium selenide thin film for solar cell application

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-305

  Alamgir, K ^a   Pervaiz, T ^b   Arif, S ^b  

^a Technology National Centre for Physics   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

band gap; cadmium selenide; refractive index; solar cell; vacuum evaporation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SELENIDES; CHAMBER PRESSURE; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; GRAIN SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SOURCE CURRENTS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 84855822003     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030903419430     Document Type: Article

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