Probing the effect of nitrogen gas on electrical conduction phenomena of ZnO and Cu-doped ZnO thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis

Ionics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 741-749

  Behera, Debadhyan ^a   Panigrahi, Jagannath ^a   Acharya, Bhabani S ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cu doping; Electrical resistivity; Microstructure; Spray pyrolysis; ZnO thin film

Indexed keywords

AFM; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BOROSILICATE GLASS SUBSTRATES; CU-DOPED ZNO; CU-DOPING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORM CLUSTERS; INDUCED DEFECTS; NITROGEN GAS; RESISTIVITY PROPERTIES; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; THERMAL ACTIVATION ENERGIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGGLOMERATION; BOROSILICATE GLASS; COPPER; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILM PREPARATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METALLIC FILMS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 80255123914     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-011-0564-0     Document Type: Article

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