Effects of sulphur and air annealing on the properties of thermally evaporated SnS layers for application in thin film solar cell devices

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nwofe, P A ^a   Miles, R W ^a   Ramakrishna Reddy, K T ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; INTERFACE TRAP DENSITY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84874926117     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4791784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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