Micro-structural characterization of annealed cadmium-zinc oxide thin films obtained by spray pyrolysis

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 840-846

  Cruz Gandarilla, F ^a   Morales Acevedo, Arturo ^b   Vigil, O ^c   Hesiquio Garduno M ^a   Vaillant, L ^c   Contreras Puente, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc oxides; Micro structural characterization; Optical properties; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; PYROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037469532     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-0584(02)00395-4     Document Type: Article

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