Thin films of tin sulphide for application in photovoltaic solar cells

Photovoltaics: Developments, Applications, and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-61

  Ramakrishna Reddy, K T ^a   Prathap, P ^b   Miles, R W ^c  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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