Fabrication methods and luminescent properties of ZnO materials for light-emitting diodes

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2218-2259

  Lee, Ching Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conductive types; Defect states; Fabrication methods; Light emitting diodes; Luminescent properties; Nanostructured ZnO; ZnO thin film

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE TYPES; DEFECT STATE; FABRICATION METHOD; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; NANOSTRUCTURED ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

BINDING ENERGY; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINESCENCE; METALLIC FILMS; NANORODS; ZINC OXIDE;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 77956200157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3042218     Document Type: Review

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