Raman Spectroscopy on Thin Films for Solar Cells

Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 365-386

  Álvarez García, Jacobo ^a   Izquierdo Roca, Víctor ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Photon matter interactions; Raman modes; Raman signals; Raman spectroscopy; Rayleigh scattering; Thin film photovoltaic materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876805080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527636280.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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