Optical properties of undoped and Al-doped ZnO nanostructures grown from aqueous solution on glass substrate

Optical Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1833-1838

  Mazilu, M ^a   Tigau, N ^a   Musat, V ^a  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Al doping; Anti reflective coating; Hydrothermal growth; Optical band gap; Refractive index; ZnO based nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ENERGY GAP; GLASS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPACITY; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; REFLECTION; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPING; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANO-STRUCTURED LAYER;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84875213159     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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