ZnO:Sn deposition by Sol-Gel method: Effect of annealing on the structural, morphology and optical properties

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Abdullah, H ^a   Selmani, S ^a   Norazia, M N ^a   Menon, P S ^b   Shaari, S ^a,b   Dee, C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Anti reflecting coating; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SILICON; SOLVENT; TEMPERATURE; TIN;

EID: 79952908943     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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