Synthesis, Processing, and Fundamental Phase Formation Study of CZTS Films for Solar Cell Applications

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advice and support in the past years. My sincere thanks also to Dr. Andriy Durygin for the great help and guidance with the in situ Raman system design and implementation of my experiments over the years of my PhD study. I would also like to gratefully thank my research group members, Paniz Foroughi and Shichen Sun, for the great help and support during the past years of my PhD study. I greatly appreciate and acknowledge the University Graduate School at FIU for supporting me through Doctoral Evidence Acquisition (DEA) and Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) awards. Finally, I sincerely thank my lovely wife, Mariam, for her unflagging support, understanding, and for taking care of our daughter during the time I spent working on my research. vi