Deposition and characterization of cadmium sulfide (CdS) by chemical bath deposition using an alternative chemistry cadmium precursor

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-53

  Alexander, J Nicholas ^a   Higashiya, Seiichiro ^a   Caskey Jr , Douglas ^b   Efstathiadis, Harry ^a   Haldar, Pradeep ^a  

^a SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; CdS; Chemical bath deposition; Solar cell; Thin CdS

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM PRECURSORS; CDS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; SURFACE COVERAGES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84896468027     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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