Introduction of Ag nanoparticles and AZO layer to prepare AZO/Ag/FTO trilayer films with high overall photoelectric properties

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 8693-8699

  Ren, Nai Fei ^a   Huang, Li Jing ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a,b   Li, Bao Jia ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs); AZO Ag FTO film; Fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO); Magnetron sputtering; Photoelectric property

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ANNEALING; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TIN;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE (FTO); PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); SINGLE LAYER FILMS; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT;

SILVER;

EID: 84897457760     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.01.087     Document Type: Article

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