Sol-gel derived undoped and boron-doped ZnO semiconductor thin films: Preparation and characterization

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 7425-7432

  Tsay, Chien Yie ^a   Hsu, Wei Tse ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Films; A. Sol gel processes; C. Electrical properties; C. Optical properties; D. ZnO

Indexed keywords

BORON DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; FINE GRAIN STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS; TEXTURE COEFFICIENT; ZNO;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880252963     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.02.086     Document Type: Article

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