An insight to the low temperature conduction mechanism of c-axis grown Al-doped ZnO, a widely used transparent conducting oxide

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Murali, Banavoth ^a   Parui, Jayanta ^a   Madhuri, M ^a   Krupanidhi, S B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; solar cells; transparent conducting oxide; transport properties

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; AL-DOPED ZNO; CORRELATED CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRODE POLARIZATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE REGIONS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POLARONIC HOPPING CONDUCTION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84916205240     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/48/1/015301     Document Type: Article

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