Hydrothermal derived nanostructure rare earth (Er, Yb)-doped ZnO: structural, optical and electrical properties

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 7767-7775

  Senol, S D ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; ERBIUM; HALL MOBILITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTHS; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HALL EFFECT MEASUREMENT; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR BEHAVIOR; SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTIVITY;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84962695858     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-4765-1     Document Type: Article

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