Characterization of ZnO and ZnO: TiO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel spray-spin coating technique

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 1367-1373

  Firdaus, C M ^a   Shah Rizam, M S B ^a   Rusop, M ^a   Rahmatul Hidayah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Nanostructured ZnO; Sol gel spray spin coating; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878329726     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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