Fabrication of highly transparent and conductive indium-tin oxide thin films with a high figure of merit via solution processing

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 13836-13842

  Chen, Zhangxian ^a   Li, Wanchao ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Zhang, Yunfeng ^a,b   Xu, Guoqin ^a   Cheng, Hansong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; FABRICATION METHOD; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

BENCHMARKING; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; INDIUM; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84887592594     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4033282     Document Type: Article

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