Band Gap Narrowing and Widening of ZnO Nanostructures and Doped Materials

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kamarulzaman, Norlida ^a   Kasim, Muhd Firdaus ^a   Rusdi, Roshidah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Band gap; Doping; Energy level; Microstructure; Nanomaterials; Nanorods; Narrowing; Widening; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WIDENING (TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND GAP NARROWING; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; NANOSTRUCTURED ZNO; NARROWING; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WET CHEMISTRY METHOD; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84940475613     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1034-9     Document Type: Article

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