Sol–gel-deposited ZnO thin films: A review

L Znaidi - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2010 - Elsevier
During the last years, ZnO thin films have been studied extensively due to their potential
applications in eg piezoelectric and optoelectronic devices or photovoltaic cells. Ordered c …

Probing the Optical Property and Electronic Structure of TiO2 Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Applications

M Kapilashrami, Y Zhang, YS Liu, A Hagfeldt… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The world's energy consumption is predicted to grow by 56% by the year 2040, from 520
quadrillion Btu pa in 2010 to 820 quadrillion Btu/pa, as reported by the US Energy …

Preparation of flower-like ZnO photocatalyst with oxygen vacancy to enhance the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange

T Bi, Z Du, S Chen, H He, X Shen, Y Fu - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous ZnO nanosheets show great potential in photocatalysis applications for their
excellent properties.“Defect engineering” has now been considered as an effective strategy …

Fabrication of self-powered fast-response ultraviolet photodetectors based on graphene/ZnO: Al nanorod-array-film structure with stable Schottky barrier

L Duan, F He, Y Tian, B Sun, J Fan, X Yu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A Schottky UV photodetector based on graphene/ZnO: Al nanorod-array-film (AZNF)
structure has been fabricated. Different from the previously reported graphene/ZnO …

Effect of thickness on the structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO films

S Mridha, D Basak - Materials research bulletin, 2007 - Elsevier
A series of ZnO films of different thickness have been deposited on glass substrates using
sol–gel technique by varying the number of spin coatings and the effect of film thickness on …

A comprehensive study of structural and optical properties of ZnO bulk crystals and polycrystalline films grown by sol-gel method

E Nowak, M Szybowicz, A Stachowiak, W Koczorowski… - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
The presented article concerns the comparison between two different zinc-oxide structures-
bulk crystals and polycrystalline thin films. Bulk crystals were grown by a Bridgman method …

Mechanism of converting n-type to p-type conductivity in ZnO nanorods array films co-implanted with nitrogen and lithium ions

A Das, D Basak - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we report a stable p-type conductivity in aqueous chemically grown ZnO nanorods
array films co-implanted with N and Li ions. We have successfully achieved p-type …

[BOOK][B] Transparent semiconducting oxides: bulk crystal growth and fundamental properties

Z Galazka - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This book discusses various aspects of different bulk TSO single crystals in terms of
thermodynamics; bulk crystal growth using diverse techniques involving gas phase, solution …

Structural, optical and luminescence properties of ZnO thin films: Role of hot electrons defining the luminescence mechanisms

M Podia, AK Tripathi - Journal of Luminescence, 2022 - Elsevier
Single, double, and triple-coated undoped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin films are prepared by the
traditional sol-gel spin coating technique on the quartz substrate. X-ray diffraction data of the …

Interplay of defects in low energy nitrogen implanted ZnO nanorods

A Das, D Basak - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
We present here an in-depth comprehensive study on the interplay between nitrogen (N)
and various point defects in ZnO nanorods (NRs) implanted with 50 keV N ions with fluences …