Effect of niobium doping on opto-electronic properties of sol-gel based nanostructured indium tin oxide thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4391-4398

  Mohammadi, Saeed ^a   Abdizadeh, Hossein ^a   Golobostanfard, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Indium tin oxide; Nb doping; Opto electronic properties; Sol gel spin coating

Indexed keywords

AFM STUDIES; ATOMIC RATIO; BIXBYITE STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION ANGLE; DOPING CONTENT; EFFECT OF NIOBIUM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOUR POINT PROBE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE THIN FILMS; ITO FILMS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NB DOPING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PEAK POSITION; RHOMBOHEDRAL STRUCTURES; SN DOPING; SODA LIME GLASS; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE REGION; XRD ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 84874666881     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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