Influence of substrate temperature on the structural, optical and electrical properties of CdS thin films deposited by thermal evaporation

Results in Physics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-178

  Jassim, Salah Abdul Jabbar ^a   Zumaila, Abubaker A Rashid Ali ^b   Waly, Gassan Abdella Ali Al ^b  

^a THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

Author keywords

CdS thin films; Electrical properties; International Center for Diffraction Data (JCPDS); Optical properties; Vacuum evaporation; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884804983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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