Bandgap engineering by tuning particle size and crystallinity of SnO 2 - Fe2O3 nanocrystalline composite thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Sahana, M B ^a   Sudakar, C ^a   Setzler, G ^a   Dixit, A ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Lawes, G ^a   Naik, R ^a   Naik, V M ^b   Vaishnava, P P ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^c KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; SIZE SEPARATION; THIN FILMS; TUNING;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BANDGAP; BANDGAP ENGINEERINGS; BANDGAP VALUES; CRYSTALLINITY; GENERIC APPROACHES; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 57649136383     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3042163     Document Type: Article

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