Thermal instability of electrically active centers in heavily Ga-doped ZnO thin films: X-ray absorption study of the Ga-site configuration

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Sans, J A ^a   Martinez Criado G ^b   Pellicer Porres, J ^a   Sanchez Royo J F ^a   Segura, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; GALLIUM; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE; THERMAL INSTABILITY; VACUUM ANNEALING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 36549009493     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2802554     Document Type: Article

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