Glow discharge techniques in the chemical analysis of photovoltaic materials

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 371-382

  Schmitt, Sebastian W ^a,c   Venzago, Cornel ^b   Hoffmann, Björn ^a,d   Sivakov, Vladimir ^d   Hofmann, Thomas ^b   Michler, Johann ^c   Christiansen, Silke ^a,d   Gamez, Gerardo ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b AQura GmbH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Photonic Technology EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical characterization; glow discharge; mass spectrometry; nanowires; optical emission spectrometry; photovoltaics; thin films

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GLOW DISCHARGES; LIGHT EMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; THIN FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897876088     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2264     Document Type: Article

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