Structural and optical investigations of cadmium sulfide nanostructures for optoelectronic applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3234-3240

  Lahewil, Abdulwahab S Z ^a   Al Douri, Y ^a   Hashim, U ^a   Ahmed, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CdS; Optical properties; Sol gel method; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

AFM; CDS; COATING SPEED; FORCE MICROSCOPY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL INVESTIGATION; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING; ULTRA VIOLET; XRD;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; DEPOSITS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPIN COATING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE; SULFIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84866550120     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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