TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative structural and optical studies of Al-/Sn-doped ZnO-textured films for optoelectronic application
AU - Bhardwaj, Sumit
AU - Gupta, Aayush
AU - Kumar, Gagan
AU - Sharma, Pankaj
AU - Kant, Ravi
AU - Pandey, O. P.
AU - Sharma, Kamal
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors are thankful to Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Laboratories, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala for providing XRD results of the samples. Authors (AG and SB) are thankful to Mr. Sachin Jaidka, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (India) for helping in electrical studies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Zinc oxide has been exploited in variety of engineering applications, such as electronics, optical, coatings, energy harvesting, and catalysis, due to its premium optical and electrical properties. Present work describes the preparation of transparent coating of Al-/Sn-doped ZnO thin films on glass substrate through dip coating technique at room temperature. The work presents a variation of Al/Sn doping in ZnO to study its microstructural and optical characteristics. X-ray diffraction results revealed the formation of wurtzite phase up to 2.0 wt% doping. Further, structural modification (successful incorporation of dopant) was also inferred by XRD, and Fourier transformed infra-red spectroscopy. The associated optical modifications were also recorded by UV–visible spectroscopy with high transparency in visible region. Surface morphology results revealed the highly preferential growth (texture coefficient) in doped samples which is directly proportional to dopant concentration and makes these samples suitable for optoelectronic or solar cell applications.
AB - Zinc oxide has been exploited in variety of engineering applications, such as electronics, optical, coatings, energy harvesting, and catalysis, due to its premium optical and electrical properties. Present work describes the preparation of transparent coating of Al-/Sn-doped ZnO thin films on glass substrate through dip coating technique at room temperature. The work presents a variation of Al/Sn doping in ZnO to study its microstructural and optical characteristics. X-ray diffraction results revealed the formation of wurtzite phase up to 2.0 wt% doping. Further, structural modification (successful incorporation of dopant) was also inferred by XRD, and Fourier transformed infra-red spectroscopy. The associated optical modifications were also recorded by UV–visible spectroscopy with high transparency in visible region. Surface morphology results revealed the highly preferential growth (texture coefficient) in doped samples which is directly proportional to dopant concentration and makes these samples suitable for optoelectronic or solar cell applications.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10854-022-08308-4
DO - 10.1007/s10854-022-08308-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129715041
SN - 0957-4522
VL - 33
SP - 13757
EP - 13770
JO - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
JF - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
IS - 17
ER -