Highly transparent and preferential c-axis oriented nanocrystalline undoped and A1 doped zinc oxide （AZO） thin films have been deposited onto amorphous glass substrate by spray pyrolysis. The XRD studies reveal that...Highly transparent and preferential c-axis oriented nanocrystalline undoped and A1 doped zinc oxide （AZO） thin films have been deposited onto amorphous glass substrate by spray pyrolysis. The XRD studies reveal that AZO with a hexagonal （wurtzite） crystal structure having （002） preferred orientation is formed. The atomic force microscope （AFM） shows uniform surface topography. The optical band gap values of undoped and AZO thin films were changed from 3.34 to 3.35 eV. The band gap energy and photoluminescence are found to depend on the Al doping. Thermoelectric power measurement shows film having n-type in nature. Dielectric constant and loss （tan δ） were found to be frequency dependent. Interparticle interactions in the deposited films are studied by complex impendence spectroscopy.展开更多
基金University Grants Commission, New Delhi for the financial support through the UGC Major Research Project No.39-466/2010(SR)the support from UGC-DRS-I, DST-FIST schemes of Department of Physics
文摘Highly transparent and preferential c-axis oriented nanocrystalline undoped and A1 doped zinc oxide （AZO） thin films have been deposited onto amorphous glass substrate by spray pyrolysis. The XRD studies reveal that AZO with a hexagonal （wurtzite） crystal structure having （002） preferred orientation is formed. The atomic force microscope （AFM） shows uniform surface topography. The optical band gap values of undoped and AZO thin films were changed from 3.34 to 3.35 eV. The band gap energy and photoluminescence are found to depend on the Al doping. Thermoelectric power measurement shows film having n-type in nature. Dielectric constant and loss （tan δ） were found to be frequency dependent. Interparticle interactions in the deposited films are studied by complex impendence spectroscopy.
