Structural, optical and photocurrent properties of undoped and Al-doped ZnO thin films deposited by sol-gel spin coating technique

Materials Letters

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-251

  Mahroug, A ^a,b   Boudjadar, S ^b   Hamrit, S ^a   Guerbous, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF M'SILA   (Algeria)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Aluminum doping; Optical properties; Photocurrent; Photoluminescence; So gel method; ZnO thin film

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC SULFIDE; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY GAP; SPIN GLASS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; ALUMINUM DOPING; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; SO-GEL METHOD; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING METHOD; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ZNO THIN FILM; GEL METHOD;

ALUMINUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84905666929     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.07.099     Document Type: Article

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