An investigation of the bandgap and Urbach tail of vacuum-evaporated SnO 2 thin films

Renewable Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-146

  Ikhmayies, Shadia J ^a   Ahmad Bitar, Riyad N ^b  

^a ISRA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Optical bandgap energy; Thin films; Transparent conducting oxide; Urbach tail

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH ENERGY; LOCALIZED STATE; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; URBACH TAIL; WAVELENGTH RANGES; X-RAY DIFFRACTOGRAMS;

ENERGY GAP; FILM THICKNESS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINITY; FILM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; TAILINGS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMITTANCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866562453     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.045     Document Type: Article

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