Transparent conductive thin films of Cd2SnO4 obtained by the sol-gel technique and their use in a solar cell made with CdTe

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-155

  Diliegros Godines, C J ^a   Torres Castanedo, C G ^b   Castanedo Perez R ^a   Torres Delgado, G ^a   Zelaya Angel O ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Sol gel; TCO; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLASS; MIXTURES; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; TCO; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84902006778     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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