Development of sulphurized SnS thin film solar cells

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 588-598

  Minnam Reddy, Vasudeva Reddy ^a,b   Gedi, Sreedevi ^a,b   Park, Chinho ^b   R w, Miles ^c   K t, Ramakrishna Reddy ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Solar cell; Structural properties; Sulphurization; Tin sulphide

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GRAIN GROWTH; HALL MOBILITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL ENERGY BAND GAP; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SULPHURIZATION; TIN SULPHIDE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84923241381     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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