Synthesis and electrochromic study of sol-gel cuprous oxide nanoparticles accumulated on silica thin film

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6700-6706

  Akhavan, O ^a   Tohidi, H ^a   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; Copper oxides; Electrochromic properties; Nanoparticles; Optical properties; Sol gel deposition

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AVERAGE SIZE; BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP ENERGY; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; CUPROUS OXIDE; ELECTROCHROMIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHROMICS; ELECTROLYTE CELLS; FILM SURFACES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; SILICA FILM; SILICA THIN FILMS; SOL-GEL DEPOSITION; SOL-GEL SILICA; SURFACE AREA; THIN-FILM TRANSMISSION; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BLEACHING; CLEANING; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY GAP; GELS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 71749115140     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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