Influence of the film thickness on the photovoltaic properties of chemically deposited CdS thin films: Application to the photodegradation of orange II

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-193

  Moualkia, H ^a   Rekhila, G ^b   Izerrouken, M ^c   Mahdjoub, A ^a   Trari, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OUM EL BOUAGHI   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

Author keywords

CdS thin films; Chemical bath deposition; Orange II; Photocatalytic degradation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CITRUS FRUITS; DEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CDS THIN FILMS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CONSTANT PHASE ELEMENT; ORANGE II; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84896391470     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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