P-type transparent semiconducting delafossite CuAlO[subscript]2+x thin film / Arghya N. Banerjee and Kalyan K. Chattopadhyay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banerjee, Arghya N.

Contributor:

Chattopadhyay, Kalyan K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thin film devices--Materials.

Thin film devices.

Nanostructured materials.

Aluminum-copper alloys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Brief Review of Past Work; Origin of P-type Conductivity in P-TCO; Syntheses of p-CuAlO2+x Thin Films; Results and Discussion; Transparent Junctions; Nanocrystalline p-CuAlO2 Thin Films; Field-Emission Properties of CuAlO2 Thin Films; Conclusion; Index.

Contents:

Intro

P-TYPE TRANSPARENTSEMICONDUCTING DELAFOSSITECUA102+X THIN FILM

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

BRIEF REVIEW OF PAST WORK

2.1. COPPER BASED P-TCO FILMS

2.1.1. Delafossite Films

2.1.2. Nondelafossite Films

2.1.3. Deposition Techniques

2.2. TRANSPARENT JUNCTIONS

2.3. NANOSTRUCTURED P-CUALO2 THIN FILMS

2.4. WIDE BANDGAP FIELD-EMITTERS

ORIGIN OF P-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY INP-TCO

SYNTHESES OF P-CUALO2+X THIN FILMS

4.1. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILMS BY D.C. SPUTTERING

(i) CuAlO2 Powder Preparation

(ii) Substrate Cleaning

(iii) Film Deposition

4.2. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILM BYREACTIVE SPUTTERING

(a) Target Preparation

(b) Substrate Cleaning

(c) Film deposition

4.3. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILM BY WET-CHEMICAL DIPCOATINGTECHNIQUE

(i) Sol Preparation

(iii) Dip-Coating

4.4. CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE FILMS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

5.1. PROPERTIES OF D. C. SPUTTERED FILMS

(i) X-Ray Diffraction Studies

(ii) Compositional Analyses

(iii) FT-IR Studies

(iv) UV-Vis-NIR Measurements

(v) Electrical Properties And Hall Studies

(vi) Thermoelectric Properties

5.2. PROPERTIES OF REACTIVE SPUTTERED FILMS

i) X-Ray Diffraction Studies

(v) Electrical Properties and Hall Studies

5.3. PROPERTIES OF WET-CHEMICAL DIP-COATED FILMS

(i) Structural Properties

(ii) Surface Morphology

(iii) Optical Properties

(iv) Electrical Properties

TRANSPARENT JUNCTIONS

6.1. FABRICATION OF ALL-TRANSPARENT DIODE

6.2. CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE DIODE

NANOCRYSTALLINE P-CUALO2 THIN FILMS

7.1. PREPARATION OF THE NANOSTRUCTURED FILM.

(i) CuAlO2 Powder Preparation

(ii) Nanocrystalline CuAlO2 Film Deposition

7.2. CHARACTERIZATION AND DISCUSSION

FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES OFCUALO2 THIN FILMS

8.1. DESCRIPTION OF APPARATUS

8.2. FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES

CONCLUSION

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-153) and index.

ISBN:

1-61470-714-6

OCLC:

923663232