An investigation of the bandgap and Urbach tail of spray-deposited SnO 2:F thin films

Physica Scripta

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ikhmayies, Shadia J ^a   Ahmad Bitar, Riyad N ^b  

^a ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LOCALIZED STATE; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SPRAY-DEPOSITED; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; URBACH TAIL; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DIFFRACTION; ENERGY GAP; FLUORINE; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 80755127196     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/84/05/055801     Document Type: Article

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