Chalcogenide nanostructures: Topography, synthesis, properties, and applications

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Al Douri, Y ^a   Hashim, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOL-GELS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING METHOD;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84893300241     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4862152     Document Type: Article

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