scholarly journals Morphological and Optical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis on Glass Substrates at Various Temperatures for Integration in Solar Cell

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 529-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bedia ◽  
F.Z. Bedia ◽  
M. Aillerie ◽  
N. Maloufi ◽  
B. Benyoucef
2014 ◽  
Vol 895 ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.V. Rajendra ◽  
Vinayak Bhat ◽  
Dhananjaya Kekuda

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on the glass substrates using Zinc acetate dehydrate solution through spray pyrolysis method. The films were obtained by spraying 0.05M concentrated solution at a rate of 0.5ml for 10 min and were deposited at different substrate temperatures ranging from 473K to 673K. A comprehensive study was carried out to realize the effect of substrate temperatures and subsequent annealing on optical properties of the ZnO thin films. It was observed that the band gap energy decreases with increases the substrate temperature and annealing. Optical constants such as the refractive indexnand extinction coefficientkwere determined from transmittance spectrum in the ultravioletvisible (UVVIS) regions by Swanepoel envelope method and crystallinity was confirmed by Urbach tail and atomic force microscope images.


2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

Undoped and Co-doped zinc oxide (CZO) thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis technique using solution of zinc acetate and cobalt chloride. The effect of Co dopants on structural and optical properties has been investigated. The films were found to exhibit maximum transmittance (~90%) and low absorbance. The structural properties of the deposited films were examined by x-ray diffraction (XRD). These films, deposited on glass substrates at (400? C), have a polycrystalline texture with a wurtzite hexagonal structure, and the grain size was decreased with increasing Co concentration, and no change was observed in lattice constants while the optical band gap decreased from (3.18-3.02) eV for direct allowed transition. Other parameters such as Texture Coefficient (Tc), dislocation density (?) and number of crystals (M) were also calculated .


2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thanh Thai ◽  
Pham Phi Hung ◽  
Vo Thach Son ◽  
Vu Thi Bich

Polycrystalline CuInS\(_{2}\) (CIS) absorber films for solar cells were prepared by spray pyrolysis of aqueuos solution of copper chloride, indium chloride and thiourea onto heated glass substrates. By optimizing the spray parameters, such as reducing/increasing the temperature of the substrate and molar ratio of Cu/In in the spraying solution, the optical characteristics of films, which are well matched to the solar spectrum, were identified. In all cases, those CIS thin films were of p-type conductivity. Transmission measurements were performed to examine the optical properties of the films; the absorption coefficient and the optical band gap of the films were calculated by transmission spectra. The absorption spectra of the films showed that this compound is a direct band gap one and its gap varied between 1.30 - 1.78 eV. Those thin films were analyzed by X-ray diffraction in order to understand the effect of layers structure on their optical properties.


2019 ◽  
Vol 397 ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Khediri ◽  
Abdelkader Hafdallah ◽  
Mouna Bouhelal

In this work Zinc oxide thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis technique. A set of ZnO thin films were deposited with various deposition times, on glass substrate at 350 °C. The precursor solution is formed with zinc acetate in distilled methanol with 0.1 molarity. The deposition time was ranged from 2 to 8 min. The structural and optical properties of those films were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet-visible spectrometer (UV). X-ray diffraction patterns of the ZnO thin films showed polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure and the preferred orientation was along (002) plane when the grain size varied between 9.66 and 16.67nm. ZnO thin films were highly transparent in the visible with the maximum transmittance of 85% and the optical band gap was found between 3.25 and 3.28 eV.


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