Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 films from sequentially electrodeposited Cu-Sn-Zn precursors and their structural and optical properties

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4578-4584

  He, Xiancong ^a   Shen, Honglie ^b   Pi, Jinhong ^a   Zhang, Chuanxiang ^a   Hao, Yu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; LAYERED PRECURSORS; NOVEL ELECTROLYTES; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PEAK; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR ATMOSPHERE; TERNARY SULFIDE;

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; OPTIMIZATION; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

COPPER;

EID: 84887098509     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-013-1445-2     Document Type: Article

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