Preparation and characterisation of nanostructured tin oxide (SnO 2) films by sol-gel spin coating technique

Surface Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-276

  Savarimuthu, E ^a   Sankarasubramanian, N ^b   Subramanian, B ^c   Jayachandran, M ^c   Sanjeeviraja, C ^d   Ramamurthy, S ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Gelation time; Heat treatment; Nanostructure; Optical properties; Oxygen vacancies; Sol gel process; Spin coating; Spin rate; Spin time; Surface morphology; Thin films; Tin oxide; Transparent conducting oxide; XRD studies

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GELATION; HEAT TREATMENT; SOL-GELS; SPIN COATING; SURFACES; THIN FILMS; TIN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GELATION TIME; NANOSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TIN OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33749019692     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329406X122838     Document Type: Article

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