Non-equilibrium origin of high electrical conductivity in gallium zinc oxide thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Zakutayev, Andriy ^a   Perry, Nicola H ^b   Mason, Thomas O ^b   Ginley, David S ^a   Lany, Stephan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ZINC OXIDES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; META-STABLE STATE; METASTABLE DEFECT; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATE; NOVEL FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GALLIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84889792512     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4841355     Document Type: Article

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