Electrical and optical properties of magnetron sputtered Cd 2SnO4 transparent conducting oxide thin films for use in CdTe solar devices

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 562, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-259

  Stoke, J A ^a   Beach, J D ^b   Bradford, W C ^b   Ohno, T R ^b  

^a Rocky Mountain College   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ellipsometry; Optical constants; Transparent conducting oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELLIPSOMETRY; MAGNETRONS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; TRANSPARENCY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOROSILICATE SUBSTRATES; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84901768156     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.04.076     Document Type: Article

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