Correlation between the structural and optical properties of Co doped ZnO thin films prepared at different film thickness

Optik

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1816-1820

  Benramache, Said ^a   Temam, Hachemi Ben ^a   Arif, Ali ^a   Guettaf, Abderrazak ^a   Belahssen, Okba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BISKRA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Co doped ZnO; Correlation; Film thickness; Thin films; Ultrasonic spray

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED ZNO; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC SPRAY; ULTRASONIC SPRAY TECHNIQUES; WURTZITE-TYPE STRUCTURES; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE;

CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FILM THICKNESS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

COBALT;

EID: 84892823593     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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