Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique

We investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate with 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrates. The crystals quality of the thin film analyzed by X-ray diff...

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Main Author: Benramache Said
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:Annals of West University of Timisoara: Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2019-0006
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description We investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate with 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrates. The crystals quality of the thin film analyzed by X-ray diffraction and the optical transmittance was carried out by an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. The DRX analyses indicated that ZnO film have polycrystalline nature and hexagonal wurtzite structure with (002) preferential orientation and the measured average crystallite size of ZnO of 207.9 nm. The thin film exhibit average optical transparency about 90 %, in the visible region, found that optical band gap energy was 3.282 eV, the Urbach energy also was calculated from optical transmittance to optimal value is 196.7 meV.
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spelling doaj.art-97ff370653da41de957c05d2f07dd7272023-01-02T06:57:58ZengSciendoAnnals of West University of Timisoara: Physics1224-97182019-12-01611647010.2478/awutp-2019-0006awutp-2019-0006Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel TechniqueBenramache Said0Material Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, University of Biskra07000, AlgeriaWe investigated the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as the n-type semiconductor. In this work, the sol–gel method used to fabricate ZnO thin film on glass substrate with 0.5 mol/l of zinc acetate dehydrates. The crystals quality of the thin film analyzed by X-ray diffraction and the optical transmittance was carried out by an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. The DRX analyses indicated that ZnO film have polycrystalline nature and hexagonal wurtzite structure with (002) preferential orientation and the measured average crystallite size of ZnO of 207.9 nm. The thin film exhibit average optical transparency about 90 %, in the visible region, found that optical band gap energy was 3.282 eV, the Urbach energy also was calculated from optical transmittance to optimal value is 196.7 meV.https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2019-0006znothin filmsol–gel technique
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Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
Annals of West University of Timisoara: Physics
zno
thin film
sol–gel technique
title Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
title_full Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
title_fullStr Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
title_short Fabrication and Characterisation of ZnO Thin Film by Sol–Gel Technique
title_sort fabrication and characterisation of zno thin film by sol gel technique
topic zno
thin film
sol–gel technique
url https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2019-0006
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