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Synthesis and characterization of copper zinc tin sulfide nanoparticles and thin films

Khare, 2012

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Copper zinc tin sulfide (Cu 2 ZnSnS 4, or CZTS) is emerging as an alternative material to the present thin film solar cell technologies such as Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 and CdTe. All the elements in CZTS are abundant, environmentally benign, and inexpensive. In addition, CZTS has a …
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