Structural, microstructural, optical and electrical properties of spray deposited rare-earth metal (Sm) ions doped CdO thin films

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4152-4164

  Velusamy, P ^a   Babu, R Ramesh ^a   Ramamurthi, K ^b   Viegas, J ^c   Elangovan, E ^c  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HALL MOBILITY; METAL ANALYSIS; OXIDE FILMS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CUBIC CRYSTAL SYSTEM; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICRO-RAMAN STUDIES; N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84939951466     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-2960-0     Document Type: Article

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