scholarly journals Single-Step Fabrication and Characterization of Nanoscale Cu Thinfilms for Optoelectronic Applications

Crystals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Hussein Alrobei ◽  
Adnan Maqbool ◽  
Muhammad Asif Hussain ◽  
Rizwan Ahmed Malik ◽  
Muhammad Ramzan Abdul Karim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Mean Free Path ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Coated Sample ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Afm Analysis ◽  
Facile Fabrication ◽  
Optoelectronic Applications

Nanostructured materials with optical transmittance with sufficient electrical conductivity are feasible for the transparent electrical devices and optoelectronic applications. Copper (Cu) possesses inherent superior electrical conductivity. Cu thin films on glass substrates provide the basic design understanding of the transparent electrodes for humidity sensors and solar cells applications. To understand the fundamental fabrication and electrical properties, a single-step facile fabrication approach was applied for Cu nanofilms through the DC sputtering method. Correlation of thickness of Cu nanofilms with optical and electrical properties was established. Parameters such as current, voltage, vacuum pressure, and time of coating were varied to develop different thickness of metal coating. Under optimized conditions of 10−1 torr vacuum, 1.45 KV voltage, and 4–6 min coating time, a conductive path is successfully established. A 1 min coated sample demonstrated resistance of 4000 ohm and conductance of a 6 min coated sample was raised to 56 m-mho. A higher surge of voltage assisted the production of relatively thick and uniform coatings with the crystallite size of 12 nm. The average coating thickness of 19.8 nm and roughness of 4.5 nm was obtained for a 5 min coated sample through AFM analysis. Further, it was observed that uniform nanostructured coating is essential to establish a mean free path of coated particles.

STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF Al-DOPED ZnO TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 401-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. CHER ◽  
S. YICK ◽  
S. XU ◽  
Z. J. HAN ◽  
K. OSTRIKOV
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Transparent Conducting Oxide ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Nitrogen Atmosphere ◽  
Optical And Electrical Properties ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Optimal Annealing Temperature ◽  
Post Synthesis

Al -doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films are deposited onto glass substrates using radio-frequency reactive magnetron sputtering and the improvements in their physical properties by post-synthesis thermal treatment are reported. X-ray diffraction spectra show that the structure of films can be controlled by adjusting the annealing temperatures, with the best crystallinity obtained at 400°C under a nitrogen atmosphere. These films exhibit improved quality and better optical transmittance as indicated by the UV-Vis spectra. Furthermore, the sheet resistivity is found to decrease from 1.87 × 10-3 to 5.63 × 10-4Ω⋅cm and the carrier mobility increases from 6.47 to 13.43 cm2 ⋅ V-1 ⋅ s-1 at the optimal annealing temperature. Our results demonstrate a simple yet effective way in controlling the structural, optical and electrical properties of AZO thin films, which is important for solar cell applications.

scholarly journals "Effect of Doping on Electrical Properties of Nickel Oxide (NPs) Prepared by Pulse Nd-Yag Laser Deposition Method "

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-134
Author(s):  
Rasha Hamid Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Nickel Oxide ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Laser Deposition ◽  
Iron Cobalt ◽  
Yag Laser ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Temperature Ranges

"In this study, nickel oxide (NPs) films were produced by doping each element with 2% zinc, tin, iron, cobalt and magnesium. pulsed laser deposition was used to deposit them on glass substrates , and we used a pulsed Nd-YAG laser with a wavelength of 1064nm. All the films were annealed with one temperature (573k). The electrical properties of the prepared films were studied, such as the continuous electrical conductivity and activation energy, and we found that increasing the temperature increases the electrical conductivity values Also, the value of the electrical conductivity and the activation energy change according to the type of added doping. We also discovered many activation energy values in the temperature ranges of (308K-428K) , and observed the conduct of nanoparticle oxide doping with various metals at these temperatures.

Electrical and Optical Properties of Indium Tin Zirconium Oxide Films at Different Annealing Treatment Temperatures

2012 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Jian Guo Chai ◽  
Bo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Zirconium Oxide ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Annealing Treatment ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Electrical And Optical Properties ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Lower Annealing Temperature

Indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium tin zirconium oxide (ITZO) films were deposited on glass substrates at room temperature by magnetron sputtering technology with one or two targets. Electrical and optical properties of ITO and ITZO films by air-annealing treatment were contrastively studied. ITZO films provided with the preferential crystalline orientation change from (222) to (400) plane, as well as the increase in grain size and the decrease in surface roughness. As result, zirconium -doping remarkably improved the optical-electrical properties of the films deposited at room temperature. The resistivity of ITO and ITZO films showed the trend which includes first dropping and then rising, which was closely related with the variations of carrier concentration and mobility. ITZO films had high optical transmittance of above 80% at lower annealing temperature. ITZO films prepared by co-sputtering reveal better optical-electrical properties.

Target to Substrate Distance Dependent Optical and Electrical Properties of Sputtered NiO Films

2012 ◽  
Vol 584 ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Avula Mallikarjuna Reddy ◽  
Akepati Sivasankar Reddy ◽  
Pamanji Sreedhara Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Optical And Electrical Properties ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Substrate Distance ◽  
High Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Dc Reactive Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Direct Band ◽  
Nio Films

Nickel oxide (NiO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates at various target to substrate distances in the range of 60 to 80 mm by dc reactive magnetron sputtering technique. It was observed that target to substrate distance influenced the morphological, optical and electrical properties of the deposited films. The optical results revealed that the optical transmittance of the films increased with increasing the target to substrate distance upto 70 mm, thereafter it was decreased. The increase in transmittance of the films was due to an increase in size of the grains. The NiO films exhibited an optical transmittance of 60 % and direct band gap of 3.82 eV at target to substrate distance of 70 mm. The films showed high electrical resistivity of 37.3 Ωcm at target to substrate distance of 60 mm and low electrical resistivity of 5.1 Ωcm at target to substrate distance of 70 mm. At high target to substrate distance of 80 mm the electrical resistivity of the film was increased.

A Study on the Optical and Electrical Properties of GZO/Pt/GZO Multilayered Transparent Electrodes for Photonic Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 905 ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Moon Ki Jeong ◽  
Hee Chul Lee
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Optical And Electrical Properties ◽  
Transparent Electrodes ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Annealing Conditions ◽  
Post Annealing ◽  
Pt Films

We have proposed, prepared, and characterized Pt-inserted Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) transparent electrodes of GZO/Pt/GZO (GPG) multilayers on glass substrates. The GZO and Pt films were in-situ deposited by RF and DC sputtering without breaking vacuum, respectively. The grain structure and deposition rate of the GZO films grown on the Pt insertion layer were different from those of the GZO films sputtered on glass substrates. Pt-inserted GZO electrodes showed remarkably decreased resistivity although the thickness of the Pt layer was as thin as 9 nm. However, the optical transmittance of the GPG electrodes was severely degraded with an increasing thickness of the Pt layer. The structural, optical, and electrical properties of GPG multilayered transparent electrodes were affected by post-annealing conditions such as environment and temperature. That may be associated with an increase in crystallinity and inter-diffusion between Pt and GZO films.

Effect of Gamma Radiation on Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of nanostructured CdHgTe Thin Films

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Babu ◽  
K Mohanraj ◽  
S Chandrasekar ◽  
N Senthil Kumar ◽  
B Mohanbabu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Gamma Radiation ◽  
Glass Substrate ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Optical And Electrical Properties ◽  
Deposition Technique ◽  
Polycrystalline Structure ◽  
Dc Electrical Conductivity

CdHgTe thin films were grown onto glass substrate via the Chemical bath deposition technique. XRD results indicate that a CdHgTe formed with a cubic polycrystalline structure. The crystallinity of CdHgTe thin films is gradually deteriorate with increasing the gamma irradiation. EDS spectrums confirms the presence of Cd, Hg and Te elements. DC electrical conductivity results depicted the conductivity of CdHgTe increase with increasing a gamma ray dosage

Effect of the structure of cellulose acetate membranes on their permeability, electrical conductivity and rejection

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2933-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Hartmut Schwarz ◽  
Vlastimil Kůdela ◽  
Klaus Richau
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Water Flux ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Membrane ◽  
Structure Parameters ◽  
Dc Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Membranes

Ultrafiltration cellulose acetate membrane can be transformed by annealing into reverse osmosis membranes (RO type). Annealing brings about changes in structural properties of the membranes, accompanied by changes in their permeability behaviour and electrical properties. Correlations between structure parameters and electrochemical properties are shown for the temperature range 20-90 °C. Relations have been derived which explain the role played by the dc electrical conductivity in the characterization of rejection ability of the membranes in the reverse osmosis, i.e. rRO = (1 + exp (A-B))-1, where exp A and exp B are statistically significant correlation functions of electrical conductivity and salt permeation, or of electrical conductivity and water flux through the membrane, respectively.

Dielectric and electrical properties of La@NiO SNPs for high-performance optoelectronic applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd. Shkir ◽  
Aslam Khan ◽  
Kamlesh V. Chandekar ◽  
M.A. Sayed ◽  
Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Properties ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Optoelectronic Applications

scholarly journals Sigmoidal Dependence of Electrical Conductivity of Thin PEDOT:PSS Films on Concentration of Linear Glycols as a Processing Additive

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1975
Author(s):  
Hyeok Jo Jeong ◽  
Hong Jang ◽  
Taemin Kim ◽  
Taeshik Earmme ◽  
Felix Sunjoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Triethylene Glycol ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Monomethyl Ether ◽  
Additive Concentration ◽  
Transparent Electrodes ◽  
Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether ◽  
Conductivity Enhancement ◽  
Poly Styrene Sulfonate

We investigate the sigmoidal concentration dependence of electrical conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) processed with linear glycol-based additives such as ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG), triethylene glycol (TEG), hexaethylene glycol (HEG), and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME). We observe that a sharp transition of conductivity occurs at the additive concentration of ~0.6 wt.%. EG, DEG, and TEG are effective in conductivity enhancement, showing the saturation conductivities of 271.8, 325.4, and 326.2 S/cm, respectively. Optical transmittance and photoelectron spectroscopic features are rather invariant when the glycols are used as an additive. Two different figures of merit, calculated from both sheet resistance and optical transmittance to describe the performance of the transparent electrodes, indicate that both DEG and TEG are two most effective additives among the series in fabrication of transparent electrodes based on PEDOT:PSS films with a thickness of ~50–60 nm.

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