Oxide semiconductors: Order within the disorder

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 89, Issue 28-30, 2009, Pages 2741-2758

  Fortunato, E ^a   Pereira, L ^a   Barquinha, P ^a   Ferreira, I ^a   Prabakaran, R ^a   Goncalves G ^a   Goncalves A ^a   Martins, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Disordered semiconductor; Ordered semiconductor; Oxide semiconductor; Solar cell; Thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS OXIDES; DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIC OXIDES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; ORDER AND DISORDER; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; P-TYPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE ZNO; PRELIMINARY DATA; SATURATION MOBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR OXIDES; TURN ON VOLTAGE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 76849098010     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786430903022671     Document Type: Article

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