Optical properties of Cauliflower-like Bi2O3 nanostructures by reactive pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 523-529

  Salim, E T ^a   Al Douri, Y ^b   Al Wazny, M S ^a   Fakhri, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cauliflower like; Nanostructure; Pulsed laser deposition

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CAULIFLOWER-LIKE; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; OXYGEN PRESSURE; REACTIVE PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

FILM; GRAIN SIZE; LASER METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PRESSURE EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 84903605199     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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