Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films
Thin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) were deposited on soda-lime (glass) substrate using chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. The structural and optical properties of the deposited films were investigated using X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and UV- spectrophotometric measurements. The absorption data we...
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| description | Thin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) were deposited on soda-lime (glass) substrate using chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. The structural and optical properties of the deposited films were investigated using X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and UV- spectrophotometric measurements. The absorption data were used to determine the energy band gap and other optical parameters. It was observed that the films were polycrystalline in nature with high optical transmittance. The energy band gaps were found to vary between 3.09 and 3.45 eV
using the absorption spectrum fitting (ASF) method. The influence of molar concentrations on the extinction coefficient, refractive index, real and imaginary dielectric constants was also
discussed. The study shows that the optical parameters were greatly influenced by the molar concentrations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22085ea0b81b4a72ad36ed2f3e2a7e502023-02-02T16:01:54ZengDepartment of Physics, Kaduna State University, NigeriaPhysics Access2714-500X2756-38982022-10-0123 (SP/ISS/2022/01)1610.47514/phyaccess.sp.iss.2022.1.001Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin FilmsEjelonu A Chioma0Joseph O Emegha1Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Edo State, NigeriaCollege of Natural and Applied Sciences, Novena University Ogume, P.M.B. 2, Kwale, Delta State, NigeriaThin films of zinc oxide (ZnO) were deposited on soda-lime (glass) substrate using chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. The structural and optical properties of the deposited films were investigated using X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and UV- spectrophotometric measurements. The absorption data were used to determine the energy band gap and other optical parameters. It was observed that the films were polycrystalline in nature with high optical transmittance. The energy band gaps were found to vary between 3.09 and 3.45 eV using the absorption spectrum fitting (ASF) method. The influence of molar concentrations on the extinction coefficient, refractive index, real and imaginary dielectric constants was also discussed. The study shows that the optical parameters were greatly influenced by the molar concentrations.https://physicsaccess.com/articles/published/PA-JPET-SPECIAL_1.pdfband gapzinc oxiderefractive indexopticalthin films |
| spellingShingle | Ejelonu A Chioma Joseph O Emegha Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films Physics Access band gap zinc oxide refractive index optical thin films |
| title | Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films |
| title_full | Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films |
| title_short | Effect of Molar Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Thin Films |
| title_sort | effect of molar concentrations on the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide thin films |
| topic | band gap zinc oxide refractive index optical thin films |
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