Fabrication and characterization of nano-structured ZnS thin films as the buffer layers in solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 104, 2014, Pages 59764-59771

  Goudarzi, Alireza ^a   Namghi, Azimeh Dorbeygi ^b   Ha, Chang Sik ^c  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Department of Analytical Chemistry   (Iran)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENAMELS; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COMPLEXING AGENTS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC-BLENDE STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84912049119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12148a     Document Type: Article

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