Optical properties of ZnO nanorods on glass via spray deposition of solution containing zinc chloride and thiourea

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 532-536

  Sonmez, Erdal ^a   Karacali, Tevhit ^a   Ekinci, Ali Ercan ^b   Ertugrul, Mehmet ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Erzincan   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Optical properties; spray pyrolysis; ZnO nanorod

Indexed keywords

PL MEASUREMENTS; RESEARCH PAPERS; SEM; SPRAY DEPOSITION; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ASPECT RATIO; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; NANORODS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIOUREAS; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955882736     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2050489     Document Type: Article

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