Binder-free Cu-in alloy nanoparticles precursor and their phase transformation to chalcogenides for solar cell applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 11930-11940

  Lim, Ye Seul ^a,b   Jeong, Jeunghyun ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Ko, Min Jae ^a   Kim, Honggon ^a   Kim, Bongsoo ^a   Jeong, Unyong ^b   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY DEPTH PROFILES; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; DENSIFICATION MECHANISMS; ELECTRON PROBE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BINDERS; CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER ALLOYS; DIODES; ENERGY GAP; INTERMETALLICS; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84879109929     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401637b     Document Type: Article

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