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Sol-gel synthesis of ZnO thin films
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In this paper, transparent and crack free thin films of ZnO have been deposited on fused silica, soda glass, silicon wafers and KBr single crystals using the sol-gel technique.About:
This article is published in Thin Solid Films.The article was published on 1996-11-15. It has received 314 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy & Sol-gel.read more
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Fundamentals of zinc oxide as a semiconductor
TL;DR: In this article, the status of zinc oxide as a semiconductor is discussed and the role of impurities and defects in the electrical conductivity of ZnO is discussed, as well as the possible causes of unintentional n-type conductivity.
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Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Low‐Temperature‐Annealed Sol‐Gel‐Derived ZnO Film as an Electron Transport Layer
TL;DR: BHJ solar cells are typically fabricated with a transparent conductive anode, a low-work-function metal cathode, and an active layer sandwiched between the anode and cathode.
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Electrical and optical properties of ZnO transparent conducting films by the sol-gel method
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of drying conditions and second-heat treatment on the structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO thin films prepared by the sol-gel method was investigated.
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Sol–gel-deposited ZnO thin films: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the main chemical routes used in the sol-gel synthesis of undoped ZnO thin films and highlights the chemical and physical parameters influencing their structural properties are summarized.
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Advances in piezoelectric thin films for acoustic biosensors, acoustofluidics and lab-on-chip applications
Yong Qing Fu,Yong Qing Fu,Jack Luo,Nam-Trung Nguyen,Anthony J. Walton,Andrew J. Flewitt,Xiaotao Zu,Yifan Li,Glen McHale,Allan Matthews,Enrique Iborra,Hejun Du,William I. Milne,William I. Milne +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors acknowledge support from the Innovative electronic manufacturing research centre (IeMRC) through the EPSRC funded flagship project SMART MICROSYSTEMS.
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Semiconductor clusters in the sol-gel process: quantized aggregation, gelation, and crystal growth in concentrated zinc oxide colloids
Lubomir Spanhel,Marc A. Anderson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new synthesis of ZnO wurtzite clusters (crystallite sizes 3-6 nm) was presented, employing ultrasound, allowing one to produce relatively highly concentrated 0.1 M Q-ZnO colloids within a few minutes.
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Textured aluminum‐doped zinc oxide thin films from atmospheric pressure chemical‐vapor deposition
Jianhua Hu,Roy G. Gordon +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, aluminum-doped zinc oxide films have been deposited on soda lime glass substrates from diethyl zinc, triethyl aluminum, and ethanol by atmospheric pressure chemical-vapor deposition in the temperature range 367-444°C.
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Effect of hydrogen plasma treatment on transparent conducting oxides
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of hydrogen plasma treatment on indium tin oxide (ITO), fluorine-doped tin dioxide (FTO), and indium doped zinc oxide (IZO) films has been studied.
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Optical properties of sputter-deposited ZnO:Al thin films
TL;DR: In this article, an effective mass model for n-doped semiconductors is proposed for n−doped polysilicon, where the Al atoms act as pointlike Coulomb scatterers and are screened by the electrons acco...
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Aluminum-doped zinc oxide transparent conductors deposited by the sol-gel process
W. Tang,David Cameron +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, thin films of transparent conducting aluminum-doped ZnO have been deposited using a sol-gel process and the dependence of electrical characteristics upon aluminum concentration in the films and upon post-deposition heat treatment in vacuum was examined.
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