Structural, photoelectrical characterization of Cu(InAl)Se2 thin films and the fabrication of Cu(InAl)Se2 based solar cells

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Kavitha, B ^a   Dhanam, M ^a  

^a KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

photoconduction; solar cell; structure; successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; FABRICATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

BAND-TO-BAND TRANSITION; CHALCOPYRITE STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLITE ORIENTATION; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; OPTICAL POWER METERS; PHOTOCONDUCTION; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTRUM; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84872781451     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-2118-7     Document Type: Article

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