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. 2017 Sep 1;10(9):1019. doi: 10.3390/ma10091019
α absorption coefficient
AC alternating current
c speed of light
CSD chemical solution deposition
d sample thickness
DFT density functional theory
DFT-LDA density functional theory in local density approximation
DFT-GGA density functional theory in generalised gradient approximation
DC direct current
E1E energetic position of the first interference maxima (for R) or minima (for T)
Eg band gap
FOM figure of merit
FTR FOM based on transmittance and reflectance measurements
FT simplified FOM based on transmittance measurements
FTR0 FOM based on transmittance measurement and reflectance estimation
GW DFT correction based on an expansion of the single-particle
Green’s function G with respect to the Coulomb interaction W
h Plank constant
ITO indium tin oxide
k extinction coefficient
LED light emitting device
μ carrier mobility
MBE molecular beam epitaxy
ν frequency
n refractive index
nc carrier concentration
OLED organic light emitting diode
PLD pulsed laser deposition
ρ resistivity
ρd density
r Tauc exponent
R reflectance
R0 bulk material, normal incidence reflectance
Rav measured, average normal incidence reflectance (1.5–3.0 eV)
RF radio frequency
Rs sheet resistance
σ conductivity
SP spray pyrolysis
Tav measured, average normal incidence transmission (1.5–3.0 eV)
TCO transparent conducting oxide
TFT thin film transistor
TTFT transparent thin film transistor
UV-VIS ultraviolet-visible
XRD X-ray diffraction
XRR X-ray reflection