Published February 20, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Optical properties of highly conductive and transparent Au-incorporated Eu oxide thin films

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, P.O. Box 32038 (Bahrain)

Description

In this work, gold-incorporated europium oxide films with a level of 4% and 7% have been prepared by the vacuum evaporation method on glass and silicon substrates held at 200 deg. C. Samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction, UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy, and dc-electrical measurements. Insulator-metal-like transformation was observed and explained. The resistivity and bandgap energy of the 7% Au-incorporated Eu oxide were 6.1 x 10-4 Ω cm and 4.66 eV, respectively. These results can be used in transparent-conducting-oxide (TCO) related applications

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.02.101

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.02.101;
PII
S0925-8388(08)00379-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
470
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 195-198
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.