Transparent electronics: Schottky barrier and heterojunction considerations

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1755-1764

  Wager, J F ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Interface; Oxide electronics; Schottky barrier; Transparent electronics; Transparent thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM; OXIDE ELECTRONICS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRONICS;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 38649140497     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.06.164     Document Type: Article

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