Substrate Temperature Effect on Photovoltaic Performance of Lead Sulfide (PbS) Nanostructures Deposited by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Method

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Mohsen Cheraghizade ¹ , Ramin Yousefi ² , Farid Jamali-Sheini ³

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mahshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran.
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Received: 2016-04-01 Accepted : 2016-07-30 Published : 2016-10-01

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