Novel spray-pyrolysis deposition of cuprous oxide thin films

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3117-3124

  Ksuyoshi, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Kaneko, Shoji ^a,b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Star Micronics Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FILM PREPARATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PYROLYSIS; SPRAYING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BANDGAP ENERGIES; CUPROUS OXIDE THIN FILMS; PHASE RELATIONS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032294409     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02746.x     Document Type: Article

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