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Effect of pre-heating temperature on structural and optical properties of sol-gel derived ZnCdO thin films

Journal Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science Edition, ISSN: 1000-2413, Vol: 31, Issue: 6, Page: 1206-1210
2016
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ZnCdO thin films prepared using the spin-coating method were investigated. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and UV-Vis spectrophotometry were employed to illustrate the effects of the pre-heating temperature on the crystalline structure, surface morphology and transmission spectra of ZnCdO thin films. When the thin films were pre-heated at 150 °C, polycrystalline ZnO thin films were obtained. When the thin films were pre-heated at temperatures of 200 °C or higher, preferential growth of ZnO nanocrystals along the c-axis was observed. Transmission spectra showed that thin films with high transmission in the visible light range were prepared and effective bandgap energies of these thin films decreased from 3.19 eV to 3.08 eV when the pre-heating temperature increased from 150 °C to 300 °C.

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