Earth-abundant non-toxic Cu 2ZnSnS 4 thin films by direct liquid coating from metal-thiourea precursor solution

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-50

  Chaudhuri, Tapas Kumar ^a   Tiwari, Devendra ^a  

^a CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Copper zinc tin sulphide; Dip coating; Direct liquid coating; Metal organic complex; Thermolysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DIP COATING; DIRECT LIQUID COATING; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; KESTERITES; LIQUID COATINGS; METAL-ORGANIC COMPLEXES; METHANOLIC SOLUTION; P-TYPE; PRECURSOR FILMS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; RMS ROUGHNESS;

COATINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUIDS; THERMOLYSIS; THIOUREAS; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84857985281     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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