Ternary cadmium zinc sulphide films with high charge mobilities

Solid State Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-54

  Ampong, Francis K ^a   Awudza, Johannes A M ^a   Nkum, R K ^a   Boakye, F ^a   Thomas, P John ^b   O'Brien, Paul ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidic chemical baths; Cadmium zinc sulphide; CdZnS; Chemical bath deposition; Solar cell material

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UREA; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

CDZNS; CHEMICAL BATH; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84920179630     PISSN: 12932558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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