Structural and photoelectrochemical evaluation of nanotextured Sn-doped AgInS2 films prepared by spray pyrolysis

ChemSusChem

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Cheng, Qian ^a   Peng, Xihong ^b   Chan, Candace K ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

doping; electrochemistry; thin films; tin; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR LEVELS; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; NANOTEXTURED; OPTIMUM DOPING; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; SELF-COMPENSATING; SN DOPING; SN-DOPED; TIN PESTS; WATER SPLITTING;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILVER; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS;

TIN;

INDIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER; SULFIDE; TIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INDIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SILVER; SULFIDES; TIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872323591     PISSN: 18645631     EISSN: 1864564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200588     Document Type: Article

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