Optical and electrical properties of p-type Ag-doped ZnO nanostructures

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7957-7963

  Khosravi Gandomani, Sara ^a   Yousefi, Ramin ^b   Jamali Sheini, Farid ^c   Huang, Nay Ming ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ag doped ZnO nanoparticles; C. Electrical properties; C. Optical properties; p type ZnO

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DOPANT INCORPORATION; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; P TYPE ZNO; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSES (XRD); ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

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EID: 84897454509     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.145     Document Type: Article

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