Sol-gel synthesis of intrinsic and aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films as transparent conducting oxides for thin film solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 529, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-247

  Salam, Shahzad ^a   Islam, Mohammad ^b   Akram, Aftab ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Al:ZnO; Band gap; Preferred orientation; Sol gel; Transparent conducting oxide; Van der Pauw; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; AL INCORPORATION; AL-DOPING; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CALCULATED VALUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; DENSE FILMS; FILM COMPOSITION; MONOETHANOLAMINE; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRUM; PRECURSOR SALTS; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; PREFERRED GROWTH; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PROCESSING CONDITION; RESISTIVITY VALUES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; SPIN COATING PROCESS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; VAN DER PAUW; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; ZNO;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84873727096     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.10.079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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