Low-cost Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films for large-area high-efficiency heterojunction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2668-2673

  Das, Sandip ^a   Mandal, Krishna C ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

characterization; Cu2ZnSnS4; CZTS; solar cell; spray pyrolysis; thin film

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; CZTS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PROPERTIES; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; KESTERITES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; P-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; POST-DEPOSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY PHASIS; SODA-LIME GLASS; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM FABRICATION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VAN DER PAUW; WINDOW LAYER; XRD SPECTRA;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARACTERIZATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; THIOUREAS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84869426417     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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