Tuning selectivity through cobalt doping in spray pyrolysis deposited ZnO thin films

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1408-1415

  Kulandaisamy, Arockia Jayalatha ^a   Karthek, Chitra ^a   Shankar, Prabakaran ^a   Mani, Ganesh Kumar ^a   Rayappan, John Bosco Balaguru ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Films; B. Surfaces; D. ZnO; E. Sensors

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; COBALT; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY GAP; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

COBALT CONCENTRATION; DOPING CONCENTRATION; E. SENSORS; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; ZNO;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84947026503     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.09.084     Document Type: Article

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