High performance ZnO-SnO2:F nanocomposite transparent electrodes for energy applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14096-14107

  Giusti, Gaël ^a   Consonni, Vincent ^a   Puyoo, Etienne ^a,b   Bellet, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

electro optical; haze factor; light scattering; nanocomposite transparent electrode; Tin dioxide; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPIN GLASS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; TIN DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ELECTRO-OPTICAL; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; HAZE FACTORS; LOW COST FABRICATION; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SUBSTRATE ABSORPTIONS;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

EID: 84906815217     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5034473     Document Type: Article

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