The photoluminescence properties of undoped & Eu-doped ZnO thin films grown by RF sputtering on sapphire and silicon substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 359, Issue , 2015, Pages 356-363

  Ahmed, Samah M ^a   Szymanski, Paul ^b   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^b,c   Badr, Yehia ^a   El Nadi, Lotfia M ^a,d  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Europium; Photoluminescence; Thin films; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

C-PLANE SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; EXCITONIC EMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84962566561     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.10.151     Document Type: Article

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