Green photoluminescence from highly oriented ZnO thin film forphotovoltaic application

Optik

Volumn 124, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6227-6230

  Karak, Nantu ^a   Samanta, Pijus Kanti ^b   Kundu, Tapas Kumar ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Oriented; Oriented film; Sol gel; Thin film; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

GREEN PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; ORIENTED; ORIENTED FILMS; SINGLY IONIZED OXYGEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84885184941     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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