Optoelectronics and formaldehyde sensing properties of tin-doped ZnO thin films

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 651-662

  Prajapati, C S ^a   Kushwaha, Ajay ^b   Sahay, P P ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED OXYGEN; CHEMICAL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; CLEAN GLASS SUBSTRATES; FORMALDEHYDE-SENSING; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; LUMINESCENCE PEAK; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE;

FORMALDEHYDE; GAS ADSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZINC SULFIDE;

TIN;

EID: 84887198639     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-013-7589-3     Document Type: Article

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