Self-seeded electrochemical growth of ZnO nanorods using textured glass/Al-doped ZnO substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 607-614

  Antohe, Vlad Andrei ^a   Mickan, Martin ^a   Henry, Frédéric ^a   Delamare, Romain ^a   Gence, Loïk ^a   Piraux, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO (AZO) films; Glass substrates; Template free electrodeposition (ECD); Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs); Zinc oxide (ZnO) vertically aligned nanorods (NRs)

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; GLASS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; REDUCTION; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SHORT-TIME SYNTHESIS; TEMPLATE-FREE ELECTRODEPOSITION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904788306     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.06.031     Document Type: Article

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