Green route fast synthesis and characterization of chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline ZnS buffer layers

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 850-856

  Agawane, G L ^a   Shin, Seung Wook ^b,e   Kim, Min Sung ^a   Suryawanshi, M P ^a,c   Gurav, K V ^a   Moholkar, A V ^c   Lee, Jeong Yong ^b,e   Yun, Jae Ho ^d   Patil, P S ^a,c   Kim, Jin Hyeok ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^e Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer layers; Chemical bath deposition; Non toxic route; Thin film solar cells; ZnS thin films

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NON-TOXIC; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ZNS THIN FILMS;

ALKALINITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEPOSITS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILM GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; THIOUREAS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84875368084     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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