First-principles simulation and experimental evidence for improvement of transmittance in ZnO films

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-45

  Zhang, Dong Yan ^a,b   Wang, Pang Pang ^a,b   Murakami, Ri Ichi ^b   Song, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

First principles; Surface plasmon polaritons; Transmittance; Transparent conductive oxide; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SILVER; STUDIOS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; MATERIALS STUDIO; PLASMON-POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE-PLASMON; TRANSMITTANCE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; ZNO FILMS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84861455795     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0071(12)60023-9     Document Type: Article

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