Influence of seed layers on the vertical growth of Zno nanowires by low-temperature wet chemical bath deposition on Ito-coated glass substrate

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 13-20

  Dehghan Nayeri, F ^a   Asl Soleimani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical Bath Deposition; ITO Coated Glass Substrate; Nanowire Arrays; Photoluminescence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; DEPOSITION; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; ITO GLASS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SUBSTRATES;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; RF SPUTTERING DEPOSITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUMS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84904245932     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2012.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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