Effect of thermal annealing on the structural and optical properties of nanostructured zinc oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser ablation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-78

  Vinodkumar, R ^a   Lethy, K J ^a   Beena, D ^a   Satyanarayana, M ^a   Jayasree, R S ^b   Ganesan, V ^c   Nayar, V U ^a   Mahadevan Pillai, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b Department of Radiology   (India)

^c UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Photoluminescence spectra; Photoluminescent materials; Pulsed laser ablation; Solar cell materials; Transparent conducting oxides (TCO); Zinc oxide nanostructured films

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DISPLAY DEVICES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; FILMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; METALLIC FILMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUARTZ; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; PHOTOLUMINESCENT MATERIALS; PULSED LASER ABLATION; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES (TCO);

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 55949096147     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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