Transparent and conductive indium doped cadmium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 265, Issue , 2013, Pages 738-744

  Zhu, Yuankun ^a,b   Mendelsberg, Rueben J ^b   Zhu, Jiaqi ^a   Han, Jiecai ^a   Anders, André ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In doped cadmium oxide; Pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition; Transparent conductors

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FILM PREPARATION; GLASS; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; OXIDE FILMS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

BURSTEIN-MOSS EFFECTS; CADMIUM OXIDE; DENSE STRUCTURES; FILTERED CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITIONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871935825     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.096     Document Type: Article

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