Single phase, large grain, p-conductivity-type SnS layers produced using the thermal evaporation method

Energy Procedia

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 354-360

  Nwofe, P A ^a   Reddy, K T Ramakrishna ^a,b   Sreedevi, G ^b   Tan, J K ^a   Forbes, I ^a   Miles, R W ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

SnS layers; Structural properties; Thermal evaporation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GRAIN SIZE; LARGE-GRAIN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE PHASE; SNS LAYERS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEXTURE COEFFICIENT; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD; TIN SULPHIDE;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 84860500439     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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