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Single source molecular precursor routes to lead chalcogenides

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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 41, Issue 35, Pages 10497-10506

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt30849e

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  1. Royal Society (London) Leverhulme Africa Program

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The use of single-source molecular precursors for lead chalcogenide thin films by CVD or as nanoparticles by solution methods is reviewed. The potential applications of these materials in solar energy are discussed along with the relative advantages of the various methods.

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