Fabrication of ZnO thin films from nanocrystal inks

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19815-19821

  Morfa, Anthony J ^a   Beane, Gary ^a   Mashford, Benjamin ^a   Singh, Birendra ^b   Della Gaspera, Enrico ^c   Martucci, Alex ^c   Mulvaney, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; FILM POROSITY; MONODISPERSITY; OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTIZED ENERGY LEVELS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE RESISTIVITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

BUTANE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ETHANOL; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE FILMS; PASSIVATION; POLYDISPERSITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649716399     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp107043z     Document Type: Article

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