Optoelectronic properties of cadmium sulfide thin films deposited by thermal evaporation technique

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 510-511, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Ali, N ^a   Iqbal, M A ^a   Hussain, S T ^b   Waris, M ^a   Munair, S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b National Centre for Physics   (Pakistan)

^c KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Band gap; Efficiency; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaics; Reflectance; Resistivity; Thin films; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; REFLECTION; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORBANCES; CADMIUM SULPHIDE THIN FILMS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMITTANCE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84861440548     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.510-511.177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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