Conducting ZnO thin films with an unusual morphology: Large flat microcrystals with (0 0 0 1) facets perpendicular to the plane by chemical bath deposition

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 174-178

  Liu, Xiaoheng ^a   Afzaal, Mohammad ^b   Badcock, Tom ^c   Dawson, Phil ^c   O'Brien, Paul ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystals; Microplatelets; Photoluminescence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; HIGH-DENSITY; LINEAR CURRENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; MICROPLATELETS; RAMAN RESONANCES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMER FILMS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79952989133     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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