Evaluation of back contact in spray deposited SnS thin film solar cells by impedance analysis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10099-10106

  Patel, Malkeshkumar ^a   Ray, Abhijit ^a  

^a PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

back metal contacts; heterojunction; impedance spectroscopy; SnS; spray pyrolysis; thin films solar cell

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM; SPECTROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS;

CONSTANT PHASE ELEMENT; DEGREE OF DISORDER; EVALUATION SCHEME; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL CONTACTS; SNS; THIN FILMS SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904122824     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501027a     Document Type: Article

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