Wet cation exchange route to semiconductor alloys: The case study of MgxZn1-xO

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Li, Keyan ^a   Yan, Pengcheng ^a   Zhang, Chengbo ^a   Xue, Dongfeng ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap; Cation exchange; UV visible absorption

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLAR RATIO; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ALLOYED SEMICONDUCTORS; CATION EXCHANGES; CUBIC PHASIS; DOPED ZINC OXIDES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SYNTHESISED; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; ZN PRECURSORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS;

EID: 84870996766     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2013.050876     Document Type: Article

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