Rapid thermal evaporation of Bi2S3 layer for thin film photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Song, Huaibing ^a,b   Zhan, Xiaojun ^a,b   Li, Dengbing ^a,b   Zhou, Ying ^a,b   Yang, Bo ^a,b   Zeng, Kai ^a,b   Zhong, Jie ^a,b   Miao, Xiangshui ^b   Tang, Jiang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2S3; NiO; Rapid thermal evaporation; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; EVAPORATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL EVAPORATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMBINED X RAY DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); NIO; PHOTORESPONSE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84948397698     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.11.019     Document Type: Article

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