Stability Studies on Optical and Structure Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films Exposed to Different Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 667 ◽  
pp. 549-552
Author(s):  
A.S.M. Rodzi ◽  
Mohamad Hafiz Mamat ◽  
M.N. Berhan ◽  
Mohamad Rusop Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Zno Films ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Oxide Thin Films

The properties of zinc oxide thin films were prepared by sol-gel spin-coating method have been presented. This study based on optical and electrical properties of ZnO thin film. The effects of annealing temperatures that exposed with two environments properties have been investigated. Environments exposed in room (27°C) and hot (80°C) temperatures which are stored by various days. Solution preparation, thin film deposition and characterization process were involved in this project. The ZnO films were characterized using UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer for optical properties. From that equipment, the percentage of transmittance (%) and absorption coefficient spectra were obtained. With two environments showed have different absorption coefficient are reveal and all films have low absorbance in visible and near infrared (IR) region but have high UV absorption properties. From SEM investigations the surface morphology of ZnO thin film shows the particles size become smaller and denser in hot temperatures while in room temperatures have porosity between particles.

scholarly journals 2D and 3D Analyses of Metal Oxide Thin Films Examined by Atomic Force Microscope

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 716-719
Author(s):  
Mokhter Faezahana ◽  
Nayan Nafarizal ◽  
Jia Wei Low ◽  
Che Ani Norhidayah ◽  
Mohd Zainizan Sahdan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Oxide Thin Films ◽  
Metal Oxide Thin Films ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Measured Sample

Atomic force microscope (AFM) is a useful tool to capture the two- and three-dimensional image of height and size of nanostructured thin film. It operate by measuring the forces between a sharp tip and surface of the measured sample. In addition, AFM is equipped with powerful software for image processing to interpret experimental results in detail. For example, by using the height and scanning length parameters of measured sample, average roughness and root mean square roughness can be evaluated. In the present works, the effect of image flattening process toward the surface roughness and surface fluctuations of metal oxide thin films will be presented. Set of samples were prepared by magnetron sputtering deposition and sol-gel coating techniques. In gas sensor industries using metal oxide thin film, surface roughness of metal oxide thin films are very important in order to improve the sensitivity and respond time of gas sensor. Therefore, optimization of thin film deposition and characterization are very important. The correlation between the three-dimensional image and thin film deposition and image processing parameters will also be presented.

scholarly journals Effect of Halogen Doping on Optical Properties for ZnO Thin Film Prepared by Thermal Oxidation

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Wael Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Thermal Oxidation ◽  
Zinc Acetate Dihydrate ◽  
Precursor Solution ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Oxide Thin Films ◽  
Glass Substrates

Undoped and halogen-doped zinc oxide thin films are prepared by the thermal oxidation process. Zinc acetate dihydrate, ethanol, and Diethanolamine are used as precursor, solvent, and stabilizer, respectively. In the case of ZnO:Hal. dopant Ammonium chloride NH4Cl 99%, Benzene Bromide C6H5Br, or Benzene Iodide C6H5I for making dopant ZnO thin film with Cl, Br, I respectively is added to the precursor solution with an atomic percentage equal to 2-10.% hal. The transparent solution sprayed onto glass substrates, and are transformed into ZnO upon annealing at 500°C. XRD spectra of ZnO thin films, and optical properties of them as a function of halogen content have been investigated using U.V spectroscopy ( transmittance , refractive index, extinction coefficient and energy band gap ) for undoped and halogen-doped zinc oxide thin films.

Ceramic thin-film reactions: phase boundaries and kinetics

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 338-339
Author(s):  
Paul G. Kotula ◽  
C. Barry Carter
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Nickel Oxide ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Oxide Thin Films ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Ceramic Thin Film ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
Nickel Oxide Thin Films

Interfacial reactions between epitactic nickel oxide thin films and single-crystal aluminum oxide substrates were investigated as a function of substrate orientation. Two thin-film reaction geometries were employed for this purpose. The first, which was used to study the nucleation of the reaction product, consisted of epitactic nickel oxide thin films on alumina substrates. The second, which was used to determine the reaction kinetics, was similar to the first except that a thin epitactic buffer layer of the reaction product was placed between the nickel oxide film and substrate. In this case, the nucleation was avoided by essentially ‘nucleating’ the reaction product artificially. As thin films were utilized, and the scale of the salient microstructural features were correspondingly small, electron microscopy techniques were applied to determine the preferred nucleation sites and measure the rate at which the reaction proceeds for the respective geometries.Both types of thin-film reaction-couple geometry were produced by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD). PLD is a versatile thin-film deposition technique capable of producing high-quality oxide epilayers. The setup for PLD has been described elsewhere.

Optical Properties of Nanostructured Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Thin Film for Thin Film Transistor (TFT) Application

2013 ◽  
Vol 667 ◽  
pp. 511-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.D. Md Sin ◽  
Mohamad Hafiz Mamat ◽  
Mohamad Rusop
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Doping Concentration ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Thin Film Transistor ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide ◽  
Doped Zno

The properties of nanostructured aluminum (Al) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film for thin film transistors (TFT) are presented. This research has been focused on optical and structural properties of Al doped ZnO thin film. The influence of Al doping concentration at 0~5 at.% on the Al doped ZnO thin film properties have been investigated. The thin films were characterized using UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer for optical properties. The surface morphology has been characterized using field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The absorption coefficient spectra obtained from UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer measurement show all films have low absorbance in visible and near infrared (IR) region but have high UV absorption properties. The calculated Urbach energy indicated the defects concentrations in the thin films increase with doping concentrations The FESEM investigations shows that the nanoparticles size becomes smaller and denser as the doping concentration increase.

Synthesis and characterization of novel zinc precursors for ZnO thin film deposition by atomic layer deposition

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (14) ◽  
pp. 4306-4314
Author(s):  
Seong Ho Han ◽  
Raphael Edem Agbenyeke ◽  
Ga Yeon Lee ◽  
Bo Keun Park ◽  
Chang Gyoun Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Zno Thin Films ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Layer Deposition

Novel zinc precursors were designed, synthesized and used for the deposition of ZnO thin films by ALD.

scholarly journals Studies on the Surface and Optical Properties of Ta-Doped ZnO Thin Films Deposited By Thermionic Vacuum Arc

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suat Pat ◽  
Reza Mohammadigharehbagh ◽  
Nihan Akkurt ◽  
Şadan Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Zno Thin Films ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Si Substrate ◽  
Crystal Network ◽  
Doped Zno

Abstract In this research, Ta doped ZnO thin films have been deposited onto glass and Si substrate by Thermionic vacuum arc (TVA) thin film deposition system. TVA is anodic plasma thin film deposition system and it is used to relatively high-quality thin films deposition. ZnO thin films have direct optical band gap of 3.37 eV. Tantalum is an efficient higher-valance element. Ta atom gives the more electrons compared to Zinc atom and their ionic radius are very close to each other, so substituted element does not bring into additional stress in crystal network. The deposited thin films were analyzed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometry and interferometer. To change the band gap properties of the ZnO thin film, Ta doping was used and band gap of Ta doped ZnO thin film was obtained 3.1 eV by Tauc’s method. The wt % ratios for Zn/Ta were calculated as 0.45 and 0.42 for the films deposited onto glass and Si substrate, respectively. Crystallite sizes of Ta doped ZnO thin film was decreased by changing substrate material. To the best of our knowledge, substituted Ta elements connected to the oxygen atom in crystal network and orthorhombic β′-Ta2O5 were detected in the all films structure. Their band gaps of the β′-Ta2O5 were measured as 2.70 eV and 2.60 eV for Ta-doped ZnO thin films deposited onto glass and Si substrate, respectively. Up to day, the band gap of the β′-Ta2O5 was calculated by density function theory. According to results, β′-Ta2O5 structure was found as embedded from in the ZnO crystal network.

Observations on the growth of YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films on MgO by pulsed-laser ablation

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 1068-1069
Author(s):  
M. Grant Norton ◽  
C. Barry Carter
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Substrate Surface ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Pulsed Laser Ablation ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Laser Ablation Process ◽  
Deposition Parameters

Pulsed-laser ablation has been widely used to produce high-quality thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-δ on a range of substrate materials. The nonequilibrium nature of the process allows congruent deposition of oxides with complex stoichiometrics. In the high power density regime produced by the UV excimer lasers the ablated species includes a mixture of neutral atoms, molecules and ions. All these species play an important role in thin-film deposition. However, changes in the deposition parameters have been shown to affect the microstructure of thin YBa2Cu3O7-δ films. The formation of metastable configurations is possible because at the low substrate temperatures used, only shortrange rearrangement on the substrate surface can occur. The parameters associated directly with the laser ablation process, those determining the nature of the process, e g. thermal or nonthermal volatilization, have been classified as ‘primary parameters'. Other parameters may also affect the microstructure of the thin film. In this paper, the effects of these ‘secondary parameters' on the microstructure of YBa2Cu3O7-δ films will be discussed. Examples of 'secondary parameters' include the substrate temperature and the oxygen partial pressure during deposition.

Two-dimensional BN-doped ZnO thin-film deposition by a thermionic vacuum arc system

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 6948-6955
Author(s):  
Mustafa Özgür ◽  
Suat Pat ◽  
Reza Mohammadigharehbagh ◽  
Uğur Demirkol ◽  
Nihan Akkurt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Vacuum Arc ◽  
Zno Thin Film ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Doped Zno ◽  
Thermionic Vacuum Arc

Phenethylammonium bismuth halides: from single crystals to bulky-organic cation promoted thin-film deposition for potential optoelectronic applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (36) ◽  
pp. 20733-20741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehri Ghasemi ◽  
Miaoqiang Lyu ◽  
Md Roknuzzaman ◽  
Jung-Ho Yun ◽  
Mengmeng Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Organic Cation ◽  
Thin Film Deposition ◽  
Film Deposition ◽  
Optoelectronic Applications ◽  
Excellent Stability

The phenethylammonium cation significantly promotes the formation of fully-covered thin-films of hybrid bismuth organohalides with low surface roughness and excellent stability.

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