Comparison of cadmium sulfide thin films deposited on glass and polyethylene terephthalate substrates with thermal evaporation for solar cell applications

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1219-1223

  Faraj, M G ^a,b   Ibrahim, K ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b KOYA UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS FILMS; DEPOSITED FILMS; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LARGE PARTICLES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PET SUBSTRATE; PHASE FORMATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE TYPES; SULFIDE THIN FILMS; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS; WINDOW MATERIALS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84861952373     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-011-0576-6     Document Type: Article

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