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Improved Routes towards Solution Deposition of Indium Sulfide Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications:

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Kuveshni Govender ,
David Smyth-Boyle  and
Paul O'Brien
Kuveshni Govender
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
David Smyth-Boyle
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Paul O'Brien
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Abstract

Conditions necessary for the reproducible deposition of pristine In2S3 thin films on TO-glass substrates by low temperature solution deposition have been identified. Baths containing carboxylic acids yield adherent, specular and crystalline films, within a defined pH range, dependent on the particular acid employed. Films have been characterised by XRD, SEM, XPS and electronic spectroscopy. As–deposited films were found to crystallise as tetragonal β-In2S3, no evidence for incorporation of hydroxy-indium species was found by XPS measurements.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 692: Symposium H – Progress in Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic Applications , 2001 , H9.33.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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