A comprehensive review on ZnS: From synthesis to an approach on solar cell

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-24

  Ummartyotin, Sarute ^a   Infahsaeng, Yingyot ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Composite; Solar cell; ZnS

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SOL-GELS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CELL-BASED; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; GEL FORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL PREPARATION; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; SOL'GEL; SOLID-STATE REACTIONS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84947274106     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.120     Document Type: Review

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