The effect of processing conditions on the structural morphology and physical properties of ZnO and CdS thin films produced via sol-gel synthesis and chemical bath deposition techniques

Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Salam, Shahzad ^a   Islam, Mohammad ^a   Alam, Mahboob ^a   Akram, Aftab ^a   Ikram, Mujtaba ^a   Mahmood, Asif ^a   Khan, Majid ^a   Mujahid, Mohammad ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Chemical bath deposition; Resistivity; Thin film; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PROCESSING CONDITION; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMITTANCE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84890026611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20436262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2043-6262/2/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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