Effect of Annealing Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of (Cu, Al):ZnO Thin Film by Sol-Gel Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 852 ◽  
pp. 314-318
Author(s):  
Ying Xiang Yang ◽  
Qing Nan Shi ◽  
Hong Lin Tan

The (Cu,Al):ZnO thin films were prepared on glass substrates by sol-gel spin coating technique.The effect of annealing temperature on the structural and optical properties of the (Cu, Al):ZnO thin film was investigated by means of X-ray diffraction and UV-vis spectrophotometer. It has been found that the grain sizes, Optical band gap and the preferred orientation growth of (002) plane were decreased with annealing temperature. the annealing temperature also played a significant role in the blue-shifted phenomenon.

2015 ◽  
Vol 727-728 ◽  
pp. 280-283
Author(s):  
Ping Cao ◽  
Yue Bai ◽  
Zhi Qu

Al doped ZnO thin film have been prepared by a sol-gel method. The structural, and optical properties of the sample were investigated. X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy analyses and UV absorption spectroscopy analyses indicate that Al3+ substitute for Zn2+ without changing the wurtzite structure. With the Al doping, the visible emission increased and the UV emission decreased, which is attributed to the increase of O vacancies and Zn interstitials.


2014 ◽  
Vol 941-944 ◽  
pp. 1302-1305
Author(s):  
Ping Cao ◽  
Yue Bai ◽  
Zhi Qu

Zn0.99-xCo0.01AlxO (x=0, 0.01,) thin films have been prepared by a sol-gel method. The structural and optical properties of the samples were investigated. X-ray diffraction and EDX spectrum indicate that Al3+ and Co2+ substitute for Zn2+ without changing the wurtzite structure. With the Al doping,the intensity ratio of the visible to UV emission increases, which is attributed to the increase of O vacancies and Zn interstitials .


2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 656-659
Author(s):  
Ping Cao ◽  
Yue Bai

Al co-doped ZnCoO thin film has been prepared by a sol-gel method. The structural and optical properties of the sample were investigated. X-ray diffraction and UV absorption spectroscopy analyses indicate that Al3+ and Co2+ substitute for Zn2+ without changing the wurtzite structure. With the Al doping, the visible emission increased and the UV emission decreased, which is attributed to the increase of O vacancies and Zn interstitials.


2013 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 547-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Xiang Yang ◽  
Hong Lin Tan ◽  
Cheng Lin Ni ◽  
Chao Xiang

Un-doped and (Cu, Al)-doped ZnO thin films were prepared by sol-gel spin coating technique on glass substrate. The effect of(Cu, Al)incorporation on the structural, morphological and optical properties of the Zinc oxide (ZnO)film was investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and UV-vis spectrophotometer. It has been found that the grain sizes, Optical band gap and the preferred orientation growth of (002) plane were decreased with increasing of (Cu, Al) dopants amount in ZnO films.


2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 265-268
Author(s):  
Xue Yan Zhang ◽  
Xiao Yu Liu ◽  
Han Bin Wang ◽  
Xi Jian Zhang ◽  
Qing Pu Wang ◽  
...  

Cadmium sulfide (CdS) thin films with (111) preferential orientation were grown on glass substrates at room temperature by radio frequency (R.F.) magnetron sputtering. The structural and optical properties of CdS films have been investigated by X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope micrographs, PL spectra and transmittance spectra. The grain sizes have been evaluated. The transmission spectra of the obtained films reveal a relatively high transmission coefficient (80%) in the visible range. All these results show that the grain sizes increased while the optical band gap decreased with increasing the thickness of CdS films.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj K. Mishra ◽  
Chaitnaya Kumar ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Manish Kumar ◽  
Pratibha Chaudhary ◽  
...  

AbstractA nanocomposite of 0.5SnO2–0.5Al2O3 has been synthesized using a sol-gel route. Structural and optical properties of the nanocomposite have been discussed in detail. Powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction spectroscopy confirm the phase purity and the particle size of the 0.5SnO2–0.5Al2O3 nanocomposite (13 to 15 nm). The scanning electron microscopy also confirms the porosity in the sample, useful in sensing applications. The FT-IR analysis confirms the presence of physical interaction between SnO2 and Al2O3 due to the slight shifting and broadening of characteristic bands. The UV-Vis analysis confirms the semiconducting nature because of direct transition of electrons into the 0.5SnO2–0.5Al2O3 nanocomposites.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 115901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fucheng Yu ◽  
Tianyun Song ◽  
Bolong Wang ◽  
Boyu Xu ◽  
Haishan Li ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Nur Munirah Safiay ◽  
Rozina Abdul Rani ◽  
Najwa Ezira Ahmed Azhar ◽  
Zuraida Khusaimi ◽  
Fazlena Hamzah ◽  
...  

In this research, TiO2 thin films were prepared using a simple sol-gel spin coating process. The films were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Energy Dispersive Ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Ultraviolet–visible Spectrophotometer in order to investigate the influence of different annealing temperatures to the structural and optical properties of TiO2. The surface morphology images from FE-SEM display a uniform layer of nanoparticles with a sample of 500 °C possess the most uniform and the visible spherical grain of TiO2 nanoparticles. EDX spectra confirm the presence of Ti and O elements in the samples. The structural properties from the XRD pattern demonstrate that the films are crystalline at a temperature of 500 and 600 °C and the peak (101) intensity was increased as the annealing temperature increased. They exist in the anatase phase at the preferred plane orientation of (101). The calculated crystallite size for 500 and 600 °C samples is 19.22 and 28.37 nm, respectively. The films also possessed excellent absorption in the ultraviolet (UV) region with optical band gap energy ranging from 3.32 to 3.43 eV. These results can be fundamental for the fabrication of a UV sensing device.


2014 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai Zhen Zhang ◽  
Yong Gang Chen ◽  
Su Liu

Na/Mg co-doped (Na,Mg):ZnO films were fabricated on pyrex glass substrates by sol-gel spin-coating method. Effects of annealing on properties of the films were particularly investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmittance spectra. The internal stress of the films annealed at different temperature was calculated. Experimental and analytical results show that some NaCl freeze-out derivatives will appear on films when the annealing temperature is too low, with the increasing annealing temperature, the c-axis tensile stress is sharply decreased first, then the c-axis stress was changed into press stress and its value is increased continuously, so the structural, surface and the optical properties of the films improve first and deteriorate afterwards.


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