Effects of pre-strain applied at a polyethylene terephthalate substrate before the coating of Al-doped ZnO film on film quality and optical and electrical properties

Ceramics International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2467-2476

  Li, Tse Chang ^a   Hsieh, Po Tsung ^a   Lin, Jen Fin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B. Defects; D. ZnO; E. Substrates; Pre strain

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; AZO FILMS; B. DEFECTS; BENDING SPECIMENS; COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; E. SUBSTRATES; EFFECT OF STRAIN; FILM QUALITY; MEAN SURFACE ROUGHNESS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PET SUBSTRATE; PRE-STRAIN; REFLECTION INTENSITY; XRD; ZNO;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COATINGS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOPLASTICS; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 79960337769     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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