Interfacial effects on the optical behavior of Ge:ITO and Ge:ZnO nanocomposite films

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Shih, Grace H ^a   Allen, Cary G ^a   Potter, B G ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ABSORPTION ONSET; ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; MATRIX; NANOPHASES; OPTICAL BEHAVIOUR; SIZE TUNABLE; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS;

TIN OXIDES;

EID: 84856153868     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/7/075203     Document Type: Article

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