A wet chemical preparation of transparent conducting thin films of Al-doped ZnO nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6717-6724

  Tarasov, Konstantin ^a   Raccurt, Olivier ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

AZO nanoparticles; Solar cells; Transparent conducting oxide; Wet chemical deposition; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; AZO NANOPARTICLES; BLUE SHIFT; BURSTEIN-MOSS EFFECTS; COLLOID SOLUTIONS; FILM POROSITY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION METHODS; SEM OBSERVATION; SOL GEL SOLUTIONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WET CHEMICAL PREPARATION; WET CHEMICALS; ZINC ACETATE; ZNO;

ALUMINUM; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; ETHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM PREPARATION;

AZO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84857042945     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0578-6     Document Type: Article

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