Synthesis of nanocrystalline SnOx (x = 1-2) thin film using a chemical bath deposition method with improved deposition time, temperature and pH

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9207-9216

  Ebrahimiasl, Saeideh ^a   Yunus, Wan Md Zin Wan ^a   Kassim, Anuar ^a   Zainal, Zulkarnain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chemical bath deposition; Nanocrystalline; Photoluminescence; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TIN COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80055012799     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111009207     Document Type: Article

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