Improved structural and optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS 4 thin films via optimized potential in single bath electrodeposition

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-163

  Ananthoju, Balakrishna ^a,b   Sonia, Farjana J ^b   Kushwaha, Ajay ^b   Bahadur, D ^a,b   Medhekar, N V ^a,c   Aslam, M ^a,b  

^a IITB MONASH RESEARCH ACADEMY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kesterites; Single step electrodeposition; Solar cell; Sulfurization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR; THIN FILMS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; KESTERITES; SINGLE-STEP; STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOUND; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFURIZATION;

FILM PREPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84903146355     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.166     Document Type: Article

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