Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of nano fiber ZnO films deposited by spray pyrolysis

Sensors and Transducers

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 170-176

  Islam, M R ^a   Podder, J ^a   Farhad, S F U ^b   Saha, D K ^c  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Annealing; Nano fiber; Spray pyrolysis; X ray diffraction; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AS-GROWN FILMS; ATOMIC WEIGHTS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; BAND GAP ENERGY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LOW DENSITY; NANO-FIBER STRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UNIFORM DEPOSITION; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; FIBERS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84855996507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17265479     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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