Transparent and conductive aluminum doped zinc oxide films sputtered from aerogel nanopowders

Sensor Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 702-706

  Ben Ayadi, Z ^a   El Mir, L ^a   Djessas, K ^b   Alaya, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Magnetron sputtering; Nanoparticles; Sol Gel; Solar cells; ZnO:Al

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DOPED ZINC OXIDE FILMS; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO POWDERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPUTTERING POWER; VISIBLE RANGE; ZNO; ZNO:AL;

AEROGELS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GELS; MAGNETRONS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 76249096233     PISSN: 1546198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sl.2009.1134     Document Type: Article

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