Metal oxide nanocomposite thin films for optoelectronic device applications / edited by Rayees Ahmad Zargar.

The fabrication of thin film-based materials is important to the future production of safe, efficient, and affordable energy as the devices convert sunlight into electricity. Thin film devices allow excellent interface engineering for high-performance printable solar cells as their structures are highly reliable and stand-alone systems can provide the required megawatts. They have been used as power sources in solar home systems, remote buildings, water pumping, megawatt-scale power plants, satellites, communications, and space vehicles. Metal Oxide Nanocomposite Thin Films for Optoelectronic Device Applications covers the basics of advanced nanometal oxide-based materials, their synthesis, characterization, and applications, and all the updated information on optoelectronics. Topics discussed include the implications of metal oxide thin films, which are critical for device fabrications. It provides updated information on the economic aspect and toxicity, with great focus paid to display applications, and covers some core areas of nanotechnology, which are particularly concerned with optoelectronics and the available technologies. The book concludes with insights into the role of nanotechnology and the physics behind photovoltaics.

About the Author
Rayees Ahmad Zargar, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, India, and has been associated with the prestigious laboratory CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi for 10 years. He has wide expertise in the field of superconductors, manganites, and optical properties of semiconductors. He is an author or co-author of more than 60 research articles as well as three books.