Effect of ITO buffer layers on the structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnO multilayer thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-74

  Vinodkumar, R ^a   Lethy, K J ^a   Beena, D ^a   Detty, A P ^a   Navas, I ^a   Nayar, U V ^a   Mahadevan Pillai, V P ^a   Ganesan, V ^b   Reddy, V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hall Williamson plot; Nanostructured zinc oxide films; Pulsed laser deposition; Temperature dependent electrical resistivity studies; ZnO ITO ZnO ITO ZnO multilayered thin films

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; AS-DEPOSITED THIN FILMS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CO-EXISTENCE; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; DC RESISTIVITY; DEEP LEVEL; DEPOSITION TIME; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL STUDIES; FOUR-PROBE TECHNIQUES; HALL-WILLIAMSON PLOT; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; MEAN SURFACE ROUGHNESS; MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM; MULTILAYERED THIN FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDE FILMS; NEAR BAND EDGE; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE FABRICATION; OXYGEN PRESSURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PL SPECTRA; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY STUDIES; UV- AND; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA; VISIBLE REGION; XRD PATTERNS; ZNO; ZNO LAYERS; ZNO THIN FILM; ZNO/ITO/ZNO/ITO/ZNO MULTILAYERED THIN FILMS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; LASERS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 70449522376     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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