“…For instance, this insulating material can be converted to a semiconductor, conductor or superconductor depending on the type of incorporated anions without a significant change in the structure of the lattice [4,5]. This complex oxide is, therefore, gaining much attention in numerous chemical, electronic and optoelectronic applications such as ion conductor, electron donor for chemical syntheses and decomposition reactions, electron field emitter, electron injection layers in organic light-emitting devices, oxidizing/reducing agent, ion emitter, and as a transparent conductive oxide in flat panel displays, solar cells and transparent transistors [6][7][8][9][10]. Such a wide range of applications for C12A7 has led to an increasing demand for the fabrication and characterisation of high quality thin films.…”