Investigation of the Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Zinc Oxide Co-Doped with Fluorine and Cobalt

Autor: Abdallah Diha, Said Benramache, Lahcene Fellah, Okba Belahssen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Defect and Diffusion Forum. 406:285-291
ISSN: 1662-9507
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.406.285
Popis: Zinc oxide codoped with Fluorine and Cobalt thin films (FCZO) were successfully synthesized on heated glass substrate at 380 °C by spray pyrolysis technique. The influence of doping and codoping on the structural, optical and electrical properties were investigated. X-ray diffraction results showed that the undoped and FCZO films exhibit the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure with a preferential orientation along [0 0 2] direction. No secondary phase is observed in FCZO films. The optical transmittance of Co doped ZnO thin films reduces up to 80 % as compared to undoped ZnO thin film in the visible region. We have observed three absorption bands at 568, 608 and 659 nm which can be attributed to the d-d transitions of tetrahedrally coordinated Co2+ ion in the high spin state. The band gap was found to be increasing in the range of 3.26-3.39 eV with Co doping whereas it decreases for higher doping of Co concentration.
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