Quenching of surface traps in Mn doped ZnO thin films for enhanced optical transparency

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 890-897

  Ilyas, Usman ^a,b   Rawat, R S ^a   Roshan, G ^a   Tan, T L ^a   Lee, P ^a   Springham, S V ^a   Zhang, Sam ^c   Fengji, Li ^c   Chen, R ^d   Sun, H D ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Optical transparency; Photoluminescence; Pulsed laser deposition; Surface traps; ZnO:Mn thin films

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRAPPING; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILM GROWTH; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METALLIC FILMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; QUENCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENCY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

MN-DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; POST-DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS; SURFACE TRAP; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 80054046729     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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