[HTML][HTML] Thin-film coating methods: a successful marriage of high-quality and cost-effectiveness—a brief exploration

MA Butt - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, several cost-effective thin-film coating methods, which include dip-coating,
spin-coating, spray-coating, blade-coating, and roll-coating, are presented. Each method …

Nanoscale metal oxides–2D materials heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting—a review

AR Fareza, FAA Nugroho, FF Abdi… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an interesting approach to harness clean and
renewable solar energy to generate green hydrogen. To this end, metal oxides (MOs) have …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films prepared by molecular precursor and sol–gel methods

T Amakali, LS Daniel, V Uahengo, NY Dzade… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a versatile and inexpensive semiconductor with a wide direct band gap
that has applicability in several scientific and technological fields. In this work, we report the …

Photocatalytic water oxidation on ZnO: a review

SB Abdul Hamid, SJ Teh, CW Lai - Catalysts, 2017 - mdpi.com
The investigation of the water oxidation mechanism on photocatalytic semiconductor
surfaces has gained much attention for its potential to unlock the technological limitations of …

[HTML][HTML] Optical thin films fabrication techniques—Towards a low-cost solution for the integrated photonic platform: A review of the current status

MA Butt, C Tyszkiewicz, P Karasiński, M Zięba… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been
established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief …

Multilayer MgZnO/ZnO thin films for UV photodetectors

VS Rana, JK Rajput, TK Pathak, LP Purohit - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mg y Zn 1-y O/ZnO thin films have been deposited on soda lime glass substrates by using
sol–gel spin coating technique with varying Mg contents (y= 2, 4, 6, 8 at.%). X-ray diffraction …

Vacancy defect-induced d0 ferromagnetism in undoped ZnO nanostructures: Controversial origin and challenges

B Qi, S Ólafsson, HP Gíslason - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
ZnO-based dilute magnetic semiconductors have attracted great interest for their promising
application potential in spintronics. Observation of ferromagnetic-like behavior in oxides in …

Using novel semiconductor features to construct advanced ZnO nanowires-based ultraviolet photodetectors: a brief review

X Li, X Liu, Y Li, D Gao, L Cao - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultraviolet photodetectors have attracted significant research attention in recent years due to
their potential applications in civilian and military fields. ZnO nanowires and nanorods have …

Large Spin Hall Magnetoresistance in Antiferromagnetic Heterostructures

J Fischer, M Althammer, N Vlietstra, H Huebl… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We investigate the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) at room temperature in thin-film
heterostructures of antiferromagnetic insulating (0001)-oriented α-Fe 2 O 3 (hematite) and …

Investigation of structural, optical, electrical, thermoelectric and optoelectronic properties of undoped ZnO, Sb-doped ZnO and Sb–B co-doped ZnO thin films

N Uzar, U Abdulaziz - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Pure ZnO (Zinc oxide), 1% Sb (antimony) doped ZnO (Zn 0.99 Sb 0.01 O), and 1%
Sb–1% B (boron) co-doped ZnO (Zn 0.98 Sb 0.01 B 0.01 O) solutions were prepared using …