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Crystallite structural, electrical and luminescent characteristics of thin films of In2O3 nanocubes synthesized by spray pyrolysis

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The present work describes the synthesis of indium oxide nanocubes (NCs) by a modified sol-gel method and its thin film was deposited by spray pyrolysis method. The sample was characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), field emission transmission electron microscope (FE-TEM), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL) techniques in detail. The temperature dependent resistivity of indium oxide thin film was determined in the temperature range of 77–350 K which exhibited semiconducting behavior of the sample. The resistivity data were fitted in the Mott’s variable range hopping (VRH) model and the density of states was estimated.

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  1. King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    M. A. Majeed Khan, Maqusood Ahamed & M. S. Alsalhi

  2. Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engg. & Tech., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202 002, India

    Wasi Khan

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    M. S. Alsalhi

  4. Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Tansir Ahmed

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Majeed Khan, M.A., Khan, W., Ahamed, M. et al. Crystallite structural, electrical and luminescent characteristics of thin films of In2O3 nanocubes synthesized by spray pyrolysis. Electron. Mater. Lett. 9, 53–57 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-012-2088-9

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