Structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline lead sulfide thin films prepared by microwave-assisted chemical bath deposition

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 971-979

  Obaid, A S ^a,b   Mahdi, M A ^a,c   Yusof, Y ^a   Bououdina, M ^d   Hassan, Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

A. Thin films; B. Chemical synthesis; C. Atomic force microscopy; D. X ray diffraction; F. Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; NANO-CRYSTALLINE PBS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ION SOURCES; LEAD; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; THIOUREAS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84877584508     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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