Defect-induced magnetism in undoped and Mn-doped wide band gap zinc oxide grown by aerosol spray pyrolysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 311, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-26

  Motaung, D E ^a   Kortidis, I ^d   Papadaki, D ^d   Nkosi, S S ^a   Mhlongo, G H ^a   Wesley Smith, J ^a   Malgas, G F ^b   Mwakikunga, B W ^a   Coetsee, E ^c   Swart, H C ^c   Kiriakidis, G ^d,e   Ray, S S ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dilute magnetic semiconductors; Ferromagnetism; Mn doped ZnO

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; FERROMAGNETISM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL LATTICES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AEROSOL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DILUTE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MN-DOPED ZNO; MN-DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; PERMEABLE STRUCTURES; SINGLY IONIZED OXYGEN; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS;

WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84903389085     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.04.183     Document Type: Article

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