Development on transparent conductive ZnO thin films doped with various impurity elements

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Zhao, Lin ^a   Shao, Guangjie ^a   Song, Qin ^b   Xiujuan, Shitao ^a   Han, Sihuizhi ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductive films; Doping; Electric properties; Optical properties; Thin films; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPING; DOPED ZNO; DOPING ELEMENTS; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; IMPURITY ELEMENT; RESEARCH PROGRESS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; ZNO THIN FILM;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM; IMPURITIES; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 79958778593     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0220-x     Document Type: Article

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