Robust room temperature persistent photoconductivity in polycrystalline indium oxide films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Dixit, A ^a   Panguluri, Raghava P ^a   Sudakar, C ^a   Kharel, P ^a   Thapa, P ^a   Avrutsky, I ^a,b   Naik, R ^a   Lawes, G ^a   Nadgorny, B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURSTEIN-MOSS SHIFT; CONDUCTING STATE; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GLASSY BEHAVIOR; INDIUM OXIDE FILMS; LOGARITHMIC RELAXATION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; PEAK WAVELENGTH; PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; RELAXATION RATES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; TIME-SCALE; UV ILLUMINATIONS; UV IRRADIATION;

BIOACTIVITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; OZONE WATER TREATMENT;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 67649494459     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3159623     Document Type: Article

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