Influence of precursor ball milling in enhancing the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of AIZO thin films
| Autor: | Arturo Maldonado-Álvarez, Vinoth Kumar Jayaraman, A.E. Jiménez-González, María de la Luz Olvera-Amador |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
Nanostructure Materials science Mechanical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Zinc 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences chemistry Mechanics of Materials Aluminium Electrical resistivity and conductivity 0103 physical sciences Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis General Materials Science Thin film Composite material 0210 nano-technology Ball mill Indium |
| Zdroj: | Materials Letters. 181:52-55 |
| ISSN: | 0167-577X |
| Popis: | In this work, we report the effect of deposition time on the physical properties such as structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of aluminium and indium co-doped ZnO (AIZO) thin films. AIZO films were deposited by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique on glass substrates at different deposition times (10, 12 and 15 min) using ball milled zinc precursor. A change in crystalline nature was observed from structural analysis with respect to growth time. AIZO thin films with hexagonal nanostructures and optical transmittance higher than 70% were confirmed from the morphological and optical studies. AIZO films showed an electrical resistivity varying in the range of 2.35–4.59×10−3 Ω cm. Finally, when we compared these results with AIZO films deposited using unmilled zinc precursor; we found that ball milling the precursor has a beneficial effect in enhancing the physical properties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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