Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique

We investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate at different solution molarities of 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrate. The DRX analyses...

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Main Authors: Said Benramache, Boubaker Benhaoua
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Language:English
Published: Sumy State University 2016-10-01
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description We investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate at different solution molarities of 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrate. The DRX analyses indicated that the coated ZnO films exhibit an hexagonal structure wurtzite and (002) oriented with the maximum value of crystallite size G  69.32 nm is measured wi 0.5 mol/l. The thin film exhibit an average optical transparency is over 80 % at high molarity, in the visible region, found that the optical band gap energy was increased up to 3.25 eV at 0.5 mol/l. The minimum value of Urbach energy of ZnO thin film was achieved with 0.5 mol/l.
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spelling doaj-art-e140ffae1d9149bfbe6ea7fb155d6f342025-08-20T02:04:02ZengSumy State UniversityЖурнал нано- та електронної фізики2077-67722016-10-018303014-103014-410.21272/jnep.8(3).03014Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating TechniqueSaid Benramache0Boubaker Benhaoua1Material Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, University of Biskra, Biskra 070000, AlgeriaVTRS Laboratory, Institute of Technology, University of El-Oued, El-Oued 39000, AlgeriaWe investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate at different solution molarities of 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrate. The DRX analyses indicated that the coated ZnO films exhibit an hexagonal structure wurtzite and (002) oriented with the maximum value of crystallite size G  69.32 nm is measured wi 0.5 mol/l. The thin film exhibit an average optical transparency is over 80 % at high molarity, in the visible region, found that the optical band gap energy was increased up to 3.25 eV at 0.5 mol/l. The minimum value of Urbach energy of ZnO thin film was achieved with 0.5 mol/l.http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2016/3/articles/Proof_jnep_2016_V8_03014.pdfZnOThin filmPrecursor molaritySol-Gel techniqu
spellingShingle Said Benramache
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Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
ZnO
Thin film
Precursor molarity
Sol-Gel techniqu
title Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
title_full Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
title_fullStr Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
title_full_unstemmed Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
title_short Study of the Optical Properties and Structure Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating Technique
title_sort study of the optical properties and structure zinc oxide thin films prepared by spin coating technique
topic ZnO
Thin film
Precursor molarity
Sol-Gel techniqu
url http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2016/3/articles/Proof_jnep_2016_V8_03014.pdf
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