A study on the photoluminescence properties of electrospray deposited amorphous and crystalline nanostructured ZnO thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1975-1980

  Hosseinmardi, A ^a   Shojaee, N ^a   Keyanpour Rad, M ^a   Ebadzadeh, T ^a  

^a Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC)   (Iran)

Author keywords

D. ZnO; Electrospray deposition; Optical property; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS THIN FILMS; ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION; ELECTROSPRAYS; FORMATION RATES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; OPTICAL STUDY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; ULTRA VIOLET; XRD PATTERNS; ZINC NITRATES; ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84857044099     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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