Cadmium effect on optical properties of Cu2Zn1-xCdxSnS4 quinternary alloys nanostructures

Solar Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-50

  Ibraheam, A S ^a   Al Douri, Y ^a,e   Hashim, U ^a   Ghezzar, M R ^b   Addou, A ^c   Ahmed, Waleed K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Quinternary alloy; Sol gel method; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CRYSTALLIZATION PARAMETER; HIGH SURFACE AREA; POLYCRYSTALLINITY; QUATERNARY ALLOYS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CADMIUM; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEL; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84922454865     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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