Nanomaterial fabrication through the modification of sol–gel derived coatings

WK Tan, H Muto, G Kawamura, Z Lockman, A Matsuda - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In materials processing, the sol–gel method is one of the techniques that has enabled large-
scale production at low cost in the past few decades. The versatility of the method has been …

Role of the interface between Ag and ZnO in the electric conductivity of Ag nanoparticle-embedded ZnO

PS Huang, F Qin, JK Lee - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
The addition of Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with an average size of 30 nm into ZnO increases
the electric conductivity up to 1000 times. While a similar increase in the conductivity is …

Nano-metal oxides for antibacterial activity

S Jagadeeshan, R Parsanathan - Advanced nanostructured materials for …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Metal oxide nanoparticles (MeO-NPs) represent a field of material chemistry which
attracts considerable interest due to the potential technological applications such as …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen roles approaching ideal electrical and optical properties for undoped and Al doped ZnO thin films

D Van Hoang, NH Vu, NT Do, ATT Pham… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper distinguished hydrogen roles to improve electron mobility and carrier
concentration in ZnO and Al doped ZnO sputtered films. By combining experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Resistivity reduction of nanostructured undoped zinc oxide thin films for Ag/ZnO bilayers using APCVD and sputtering techniques

N Najafi, SM Rozati - Materials research, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Nanostructured undoped zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited using atmospheric
pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) on glass substrates using zinc acetate …

Enhancing the electrical parameters of ZnO films deposited using a low-cost chemical spray technique through Ta doping

K Ravichandran, K Subha, N Dineshbabu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tantalum doped ZnO thin films (doping levels–0, 1, 3 and 5 at%) were deposited onto glass
substrates using a simplified spray pyrolysis technique by employing a perfume atomizer for …

Role of ethanolamine on the stability of a sol–gel ZnO ink

A Gómez-Núñez, S Alonso-Gil, C López… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This work presents a detailed structural and chemical characterization of the system formed
by zinc acetate dihydrate (ZAD) and ethanolamine (EA) with methoxyethanol (ME), in order …

Sol-gel-derived doped ZnO thin films: Processing, properties, and applications

A Mahmood, A Naeem - Recent Applications in Sol-Gel …, 2017 - books.google.com
Sol-gel-derived zinc oxide (ZnO)-based materials with an improved microstructure are
consumed in electronics and electrical frameworks owing to their crystal structure dependent …

Unveiling the impact of vacuum annealing levels on physical properties of ZnTe thin films for solar cell applications

D Suthar, R Sharma, G Chasta, SL Patel… - Physica E: Low …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high performance CdTe solar cells suffer from the back contact problem where the ZnTe
is found as one of the suitable back contact materials. The present work reports the influence …

Significant increase in current density of inverted polymer solar cells by induced-crystallization of sol-gel ZnO embedded with ZnO-NP

JH Tsai, MC Tsai, CY Sung, PT Huang - Organic Electronics, 2020 - Elsevier
Performance of the inverted polymer solar cells using sol-gel ZnO as cathode buffer layer is
significantly improved by addition of 10 wt% crystalline ZnO nano particles (ZnO-NP) to the …