Advanced Metal Oxide Films: Materials and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 3303
Special Issue Editor
Interests: films; oxidation state; transition metal; doping, surface; defects; X-ray spectroscopy; DFT
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal oxide films, and in particular, transition metals, have been utilized in the largest number of applications in modern technology. They are used as charge-transport layers in third-generation solar cells, as cathodes in metal-ion batteries, and as gate dielectrics in OFETs, and are widely used in various spintronic devices, among other applications. Despite an impressive number of works both on the practical application of metal oxide films and on the study of their fundamental properties, there are still many unresolved issues. This Special Issue of Coatings is devoted to new methods for producing oxide films, studying their properties, and creating new functional materials and devices based on them. The Special Issue will be of interest not only to physicists, chemists, and materials scientists, but also to engineers and industry representatives.
The aim of the present Special Issue is to present the latest developments in this field through research and review papers. It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel charge-transport layers based on ZnO, SnO2, TiO2, etc.;
- Diluted magnetic semiconductors;
- Biocompatible films;
- Catalysts;
- Sensors;
- Lithium-ion battery cathodes;
- Luminescent materials.
Dr. Ivan S. Zhidkov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- films
- surface
- metal oxide
- transition metal
- doping
- defects
- interface
- surface treatment
- deposition