Study of fluorine-doped tin oxide thin films deposited by pneumatic spray pyrolysis and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis: a direct comparison

Autor: Raquel Ramírez-Amador, José Joaquín Alvarado-Pulido, Haydee Patricia Martínez-Hernández, Raúl Cortes- Maldonado, Salvador Alcántara-Iniesta, Gregorio Flores-Carrasco, Esteban Ojeda-Durán, Oleksandr Malik, Leonardo Morales-de la Garza, Miguel Ángel Méndez-Rojas, Yesmin Panecatl-Bernal, José Alberto Luna-López, Primavera López-Salazar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Materials Research Express, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 066402 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2053-1591
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/acda1a
Popis: A comparative analysis was performed of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films deposited through two different systems: pneumatic spray pyrolysis and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. The films were deposited on glass substrates at 460 °C, with varying weight ratios of fluorine to tin (F/Sn = 0.35, F/Sn = 0.50, and F/Sn = 0.65). The investigation focuses on the evolution of the film’s crystallinity, structural, morphological, transmittance, optical, and electrical properties. Resonant nuclear reaction (RNR) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were used to confirm the presence of fluorine in the FTO samples. The results show that the sample with F/Sn = 0.50 deposited through pneumatic spray pyrolysis, with a figure of merit of 34.5 × 10 ^−3 Ω ^−1 , exhibits the best characteristics for use as electrodes in optoelectronic devices, particularly in the fabrication of solar cells.
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