Electronic conduction properties of indium tin oxide: Single-particle and many-body transport

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 34, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Juhn Jong ^a   Li, Zhi Qing ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transport; electronic conduction properties; granular systems; indium tin oxide; localization; mesoscopic physics; transparent conducting oxides

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; NANOWIRES; THICK FILMS; TIN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTION; GRANULAR SYSTEM; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOCALIZATION; MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84905845386     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/34/343201     Document Type: Review

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