Tuning of electrical and optical properties of highly conducting and transparent Ta doped TiO2 polycrystalline films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 6988-6997

  Mazzolini, P ^a,b   Gondoni, P ^a   Russo, V ^a   Chrastina, D ^a   Casari, C S ^a,b   Bassi, A Li ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ENERGY GAP; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

ANNEALING ATMOSPHERES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84926431943     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5126156     Document Type: Article

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