Correlation between electrical conductivity-optical band gap energy and precursor molarities ultrasonic spray deposition of ZnO thin films

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Benramache, Said ^a   Belahssen, Okba ^a   Guettaf, Abderrazak ^a   Arif, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BISKRA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Correlation; Electrical conductivity; Thin films; Ultrasonic spray technique; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT PRECURSORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL GAP ENERGIES; ULTRASONIC SPRAY DEPOSITION; ULTRASONIC SPRAY TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; ZNO;

CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY GAP; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FILMS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84890451154     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/11/113001     Document Type: Article

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