Current understanding and applications of the cold sintering process

T Yu, J Cheng, L Li, B Sun, X Bao, H Zhang - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2019 - Springer
In traditional ceramic processing techniques, high sintering temperature is necessary to
achieve fully dense microstructures. But it can cause various problems including warpage …

[HTML][HTML] Lifecycle assessment of critical material substitution: Indium tin oxide and aluminum zinc oxide in transparent electrodes

K Kawajiri, K Tahara, S Uemiya - Resources, Environment and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the most commonly used transparent electrode (TE) material.
However, the supply of indium is at risk due to resource scarcity and geopolitical reasons …

Transparent aluminium zinc oxide thin films with enhanced thermoelectric properties

J Loureiro, N Neves, R Barros, T Mateus… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Improved thermoelectric properties of Aluminum Zinc Oxide (AZO) thin films deposited by
radio frequency (RF) and pulsed Direct Current (DC) magnetron sputtering at room …

Studies of optical properties of ZnO: MgO thin films fabricated by sputtering from home-made stable oversize targets

C Abed, S Fernández, H Elhouichet - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, ZnO: MgO targets with different MgO contents were prepared by solid
state-method. The results show that the target with 2 wt% MgO content presents the best …

Comparative study of the sintering process and thin film sputtering of AZO, GZO and AGZO ceramics targets

J Liu, W Zhang, D Song, Q Ma, L Zhang, H Zhang… - Ceramics …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aluminum doped ZnO (AZO) and gallium doped ZnO (GZO) are most popular transparent
conductive oxide materials, and aluminum-gallium co-doped ZnO (AGZO) has potential to …

Atomic layer deposition prepared Al-doped ZnO for liquid crystal displays applications

YC Su, CC Chiou, V Marinova, SH Lin… - Optical and Quantum …, 2018 - Springer
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) layers are prepared by using atomic layer deposition
technique. The obtained layers possess high optical transmittance at visible and near …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of Al-doped ZnO films deposited by sol–gel and by sputtering using a sintered target from ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by sol–gel

F García-Salinas, A Vázquez-Durán… - Boletin de La Sociedad …, 2023 - Elsevier
Al-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) films were deposited on glass substrates by radio frequency
magnetron sputtering using a sintered target of nanoparticles synthesized by sol–gel. The …

Improvement of CIGS solar cells with high performance transparent conducting Ti-doped GaZnO thin films

WS Liu, WT Hsieh, SY Chen, CS Huang - Solar energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study reports upon the enhancement of the optoelectronic characteristics and crystallite
quality of a typical Ga-doped ZnO ternary alloy achieved by using titanium (Ti) do** to …

Spark plasma sintering and densification mechanisms of conductive ceramics under coupled thermal/electric fields

F Chen, S Yang, J Wu, JA Galaviz Perez… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In spark plasma sintering (SPS), thermal and electric fields are applied simultaneously as a
material is densified under pressure. The interactions between these two types of physical …

The effect of thickness on the physico-chemical properties of nanostructured ZnO: Al TCO thin films deposited on flexible PEN substrates by RF-magnetron sputtering …

S Hamrit, K Djessas, N Brihi, B Viallet, K Medjnoun… - Ceramics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanostructured aluminum-doped ZnO (ZnO: Al) thin films of various thicknesses
were deposited on flexible Poly-Ethylene Naphthalate (PEN) substrates by RF-magnetron …