Improvement of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film morphology using Cu-Zn-Sn-O precursor fabricated by sputtering

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1861-1864

  Ishino, Ryo ^a   Fukushima, Kazuhiro ^b   Minemoto, Takashi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Promatequ Incorporated   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxide precursor; Solar cell; Sputtering; Thin film

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FABRICATION; MORPHOLOGY; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; TIN; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC;

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; CZTS THIN FILMS; FILM MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE PRECURSORS; RF-SPUTTERING; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; THIN FILM FABRICATION; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84892912665     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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