Bandgap renormalization in titania modified nanostructured tungsten oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique for solar cell applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lethy, K J ^a   Beena, D ^a   Mahadevan Pillai, V P ^a   Ganesan, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; GRAIN GROWTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NONMETALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDES; OXYGEN; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BAND-GAP RENORMALIZATION; BAND-GAP VALUES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; NANO-STRUCTURED; OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL-; PHOTO RESPONSES; PULSED-LASER ABLATION; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SEMICONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TITANIA; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILMS; TUNGSTEN OXIDE THIN FILMS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE RANGE; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; W O3 FILMS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 49749144492     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2953070     Document Type: Article

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