Microwave-assisted nonaqueous sol-gel synthesis: From Al:ZnO nanoparticles to transparent conducting films

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 152-160

  Luo, Li ^a   Rossell, Marta D ^a,b   Xie, Dan ^a,c   Erni, Rolf ^b   Niederberger, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO nanoparticles; Microwave assisted synthesis; Transparent conducting films

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; FUSED SILICA SUBSTRATES; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION (PXRD); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 84876546638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc300073d     Document Type: Article

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