Non-equilibrium synthesis, structure, and opto-electronic properties of Cu2−2xZn xO alloys

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1350-1357

  Subramaniyan, Archana ^a,b   Perkins, John D ^a   O’Hayre, Ryan P ^b   Ginley, David S ^a   Lany, Stephan ^a   Zakutayev, Andriy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLUBILITY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GROWTH; NON-EQUILIBRIUM SYNTHESIS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 84925518194     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8695-0     Document Type: Article

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