Thermal evaporation and characterization of Sb2Se3 thin film for substrate Sb2Se3/CdS solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10687-10695

  Liu, Xinsheng ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a,b   Luo, Miao ^a,b   Leng, Meiying ^a,b   Xia, Zhe ^a,b   Zhou, Ying ^a,b   Qin, Sikai ^a,b   Xue, Ding Jiang ^a,b   Lv, Lu ^c   Huang, Han ^c   Niu, Dongmei ^c   Tang, Jiang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

solar cells; thermal evaporation; thin film

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIN FILMS;

ABSORBER MATERIAL; BAND POSITION; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FILM DEPOSITION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904119735     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502427s     Document Type: Article

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