Influence of Al dopant on the optical and electrical properties of zinc oxide thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1588-1592

  Alaeddine, A ^a   Rachidi, I ^a   Bahsoun, F ^a   Mohanna, Y ^a   Bazzi, O ^a   El Haj Hassan, F ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Gap energy; Optical transmittance; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZNO; COMPACT STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; GAP ENERGY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METALLIC FILMS; OPACITY; OPTICAL FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 67649999250     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.1588.1592     Document Type: Article

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