Effects of the sulfurization temperature on sol gel-processed Cu 2ZnSnS4 thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9285-9292

  Kahraman, S ^a   Cetinkaya S ^a   Podlogar, M ^b,c   Bernik, S ^b,c   Cetinkara H A ^a   Guder H S ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c Center of Excellence NAMASTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

A. Films; A. Sol gel process; B. Spectroscopy; B. X ray methods

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SULFURIZATION TEMPERATURE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; X RAY METHODS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84883765473     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.05.039     Document Type: Article

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