Type conversion of p-SnS to n-SnS using a SnCl4/CH3OH heat treatment

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2518-2523

  Nwofe, P A ^a   Reddy, K T Ramakrishna ^a,b   Miles, R W ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annealing; Film thickness; Homojunction; Type conversion

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FILM THICKNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; TIN;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; HOMOJUNCTION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; P-TYPE; THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD; TIN CHLORIDES; TIN SULPHIDE; TYPE-CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84896452859     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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