Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 18, Issue 11, 678(2022)

Research on the properties of ZnO1-xSx thin films modified by sulfur doping for CIGS solar cells

Hang SUN... Yuming XUE*, Luoxin WANG, Qing GUO and Penghai LI |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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    SUN Hang, XUE Yuming, WANG Luoxin, GUO Qing, LI Penghai. Research on the properties of ZnO1-xSx thin films modified by sulfur doping for CIGS solar cells[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2022, 18(11): 678

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    Paper Information

    Received: May. 28, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 4, 2022

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2023

    The Author Email: Yuming XUE (orwellx@tjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-022-2088-4

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