Influence of precursor concentration on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium oxide thin film prepared by a sol–gel method
| Autor: | Hussein Baqiah, Noor Baa`Yah Ibrahim, L. N. Lau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Spin coating
Materials science Inorganic chemistry Oxide General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element Surfaces and Interfaces General Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics Surfaces Coatings and Films Indium tin oxide Field emission microscopy chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chemical engineering Thin film Indium Sol-gel Transparent conducting film |
| Zdroj: | Applied Surface Science. 345:355-359 |
| ISSN: | 0169-4332 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.03.129 |
| Popis: | This research was carried out to study the effect of different precursor concentrations on the physical properties of indium oxide (In2O3) thin film. In2O3 is a promising n-type semiconductor material that has been used in optoelectronic applications because of its highly transparent properties. It is a transparent conducting oxide with a wide band gap (∼3.7 eV). The experiment was started by preparing different precursor concentrations of indium nitrate hydrate (In (NO3)·H2O) solution and followed by the spin coating technique prior to an annealing process at 500 °C. Indium oxide thin films were characterized using an X-ray diffractometer, an ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, a field emission scanning electron microscope and a Hall Effect Measurement System in order to determine the influence caused by the different molarities of indium oxide. The result showed that the film thickness increased with the indium oxide molarity. Film thicknesses were in the range of 0.3–135.1 nm and optical transparency of films was over 94%. Lowest resistivity of 2.52 Ω cm with a mobility of 26.60 cm2 V−1 S−1 and carrier concentration of 4.27 × 1017 cm−3 was observed for the indium oxide thin film prepared at 0.30 M. |
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