In this research, ZnO nanowires doped with Mn2+ and Co2+ ions were synthesized through a facile and inexpensive hydrothermal approach, in which Mn2+ and Co2+ ions successfully substituted Zn2+ in the ZnO crystal lattice without changing the morphology and crystalline structure of ZnO. The atomic percentages of Mn and Co were 6.29% and 1.68%, respectively, in the doped ZnO nanowires. The photoca...

New propagation regimes for light arise from the ability to tune the dielectric permittivity to extremely low values. Here, we demonstrate a universal approach based on the low linear permittivity values attained in the ε-near-zero (ENZ) regime for enhancing the nonlinear refractive index, which enables remarkable light-induced changes of the material properties. Experiments performed on Al-dop...

The optimization process of the RF magnetron sputtered Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films was carried out by studying its structural, optical, electrical, and morphological properties at different RF power and different working pressures for its use as a front-contact for the copper indium diselenide (CIS) based thin film solar cell. The structural study suggests that the preferred orientation of gr...

Due to the excellent performance and low cost of new aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) film, it is expected replace mature indium-doped tin (ITO) film. The research status progress AZO transparent conductive films are summarized in this review. Moreover, structure, optoelectronic properties, mechanism thin also detailed. films’ main preparation processes advantages disadvantages each process meth...

Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) nanorod array thin film with hydrogen treatment possesses the functions of transparent conducting oxide thin film and 1-D nanostructured semiconductor simultaneously. To enhance the absorption in the visible light region, it is sensitized by cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles which efficiently increase the absorption around 460 nm. The CdS nanoparticles-sensitiz...

Copper nanofiber networks, which possess the advantages of low cost, moderate flexibility, small sheet resistance, and high transmittance, are one of the most promising candidates to replace indium tin oxide films as the premier transparent electrode. However, the chemical activity of copper nanofibers causes a substantial increase in the sheet resistance after thermal oxidation or chemical cor...

Transparent conductive oxides, such as aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), are of substantial importance for use in a broad range applications because their excellent optical and electrical properties. AZO film can be deposited by using several conventional techniques, although they suffer from limitations long deposition time, high cost, the requirement complex equipment. Here, we used hollow-cat...

Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCOs) are a class of materials with high optical transparency and electrical conductivity. This combination makes them extremely appealing for solar cells, optoelectronics infrared-plasmonics applications. In this work, we report the active tuning response aluminium-doped ZnO (AZO) films upon gating within parallel-plate capacitor configuration. We investigated el...

As transparent heated films (THFs) based on conductive oxides (TCOs) are restricted by expensive raw materials and inappropriate fabricating film curved surfaces because of its brittleness, silver nanowires (AgWS-TCF) is an ideal alternative material for THF. However, there still many problems to be solved in the electrical thermal stability AgNWs-TCF. In this paper, Al-doped ZnO (AZO) nanopart...