Effect of copper doping on the change in the optical absorption behaviour in NiO thin films

Renewable Energy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-48

  Moghe, Shweta ^a,b   Acharya, A D ^b   Panda, Richa ^c   Shrivastava, S B ^b   Gangrade, Mohan ^d   Shripathi, T ^d   Ganesan, V ^d  

^a Mahakal Institute of Technology Ujjain   (India)

^b VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ACROPOLIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cu doped; NiO thin films spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE DATA; AFM; CHEMICAL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; COPPER CONCENTRATION; COPPER DOPING; CU-DOPED; DOPED SAMPLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NIO THIN FILM; OPTICAL SPECTRA; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TUNABILITIES; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VALUE ADDITION; VISIBLE REGION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THIN FILMS;

ABSORBANCE; ABSORPTION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPPER; DATA SET; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NICKEL; PYROLYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84860881780     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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