Optical properties of Sol-Gel prepared nano ZnO. The effects of aging period and synthesis temperature

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Kandjani, A Esmaielzadeh ^a   Shokuhfar, A ^a   Tabriz, M Farzalipour ^a,b   Arefian, N A ^a,b   Vaezi, M R ^a,b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Band gap; Internal microstrain; Sol gel; Urbach energy; Zno

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

MICRO-STRAIN; OXIDE STRUCTURES; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS; SYNTHESIS DURATIONS; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES; URBACH ENERGY; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 76049094169     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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