P-TYPE TRANSPARENTSEMICONDUCTING DELAFOSSITECUA102+X THIN FILM -- P-TYPE TRANSPARENTSEMICONDUCTING DELAFOSSITECUA102+X THIN FILM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- BRIEF REVIEW OF PAST WORK -- 2.1. COPPER BASED P-TCO FILMS -- 2.1.1. Delafossite Films -- 2.1.2. Nondelafossite Films -- 2.1.3. Deposition Techniques -- 2.2. TRANSPARENT JUNCTIONS -- 2.3. NANOSTRUCTURED P-CUALO2 THIN FILMS -- 2.4. WIDE BANDGAP FIELD-EMITTERS -- ORIGIN OF P-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY INP-TCO -- SYNTHESES OF P-CUALO2+X THIN FILMS -- 4.1. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILMS BY D.C. SPUTTERING -- (i) CuAlO2 Powder Preparation -- (ii) Substrate Cleaning -- (iii) Film Deposition -- 4.2. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILM BYREACTIVE SPUTTERING -- (a) Target Preparation -- (b) Substrate Cleaning -- (c) Film deposition -- 4.3. SYNTHESIS OF CUALO2 FILM BY WET-CHEMICAL DIPCOATINGTECHNIQUE -- (i) Sol Preparation -- (ii) Substrate Cleaning -- (iii) Dip-Coating -- 4.4. CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE FILMS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 5.1. PROPERTIES OF D. C. SPUTTERED FILMS -- (i) X-Ray Diffraction Studies -- (ii) Compositional Analyses -- (iii) FT-IR Studies -- (iv) UV-Vis-NIR Measurements -- (v) Electrical Properties And Hall Studies -- (vi) Thermoelectric Properties -- 5.2. PROPERTIES OF REACTIVE SPUTTERED FILMS -- i) X-Ray Diffraction Studies -- (ii) Compositional Analyses -- (iii) FT-IR Studies -- (iv) UV-Vis-NIR Measurements -- (v) Electrical Properties and Hall Studies -- (vi) Thermoelectric Properties -- 5.3. PROPERTIES OF WET-CHEMICAL DIP-COATED FILMS -- (i) Structural Properties -- (ii) Surface Morphology -- (iii) Optical Properties -- (iv) Electrical Properties -- TRANSPARENT JUNCTIONS -- 6.1. FABRICATION OF ALL-TRANSPARENT DIODE -- 6.2. CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE DIODE -- NANOCRYSTALLINE P-CUALO2 THIN FILMS -- 7.1. PREPARATION OF THE NANOSTRUCTURED FILM.

(i) CuAlO2 Powder Preparation -- (ii) Nanocrystalline CuAlO2 Film Deposition -- 7.2. CHARACTERIZATION AND DISCUSSION -- FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES OFCUALO2 THIN FILMS -- 8.1. DESCRIPTION OF APPARATUS -- 8.2. FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES -- CONCLUSION -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.