Effects of Cu/In compositional ratio on the characteristics of CuInS 2 absorber layers prepared by sulfurization of metallic precursors

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-197

  Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Shin, Seung Wook ^b   Han, Jun Hee ^b   Lee, Jeong Yong ^b   Kang, Myeong Gil ^a   Agawane, G L ^a   Yun, Jae Ho ^c   Moon, Jong Ha ^a   Kim, Jin Hyeok ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cu In compositional ratio; CuInS 2 (CIS); metallic precursor; sulfurization; Thin Film Solar Cells (TFSCs)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL RATIO; CUINS 2 (CIS); METALLIC PRECURSOR; SULFURIZATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84860534792     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-2032-z     Document Type: Article

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