Synthesis and effect of post-deposition thermal annealing on morphological and optical properties of ZnO thin film

Research on Chemical Intermediates

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2041-2049

  Singh, Ajaya Kumar ^a   Thool, Gautam Sheel ^a   Deo, Soumya R ^a   Singh, R S ^b   Gupta, Ashish ^c  

^a GovtVYTPG Autonomous College Durg   (India)

^b Govt D T College   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical bath deposition; CTAB; Post deposition thermal annealing; ZnO thin film

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; C-AXIS ORIENTATIONS; CAPPING AGENT; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CTAB; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POST-DEPOSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS; ZNO FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

ANNEALING; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84871040021     PISSN: 09226168     EISSN: 15685675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-012-0524-y     Document Type: Article

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