Cu2ZnSnS4 films fabricated by a simple sol-gel process without sulfurization

ZHANG Ke-Zhi; HE Jun; WANG Wei-Jun; SUN Lin; YANG Ping-Xiong; CHU Jun-Hao

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2015.02.001

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