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SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/23/8/085013
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The temperature-dependent nucleation and growth mechanism of electrodeposited zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films on fluorine-doped tin-oxide-coated (10 -20 Omega cm(-2)) glass substrates from an acetate solution was studied by using the chronoamperometry technique. The morphological, compositional and structural properties were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and x-ray diffraction techniques. The current transients were analyzed by fitting chronoamperometric data into the Scharifker -Hills nucleation model, which reveals a change in the nucleation and growth mechanism from progressive to intermediate (progressive + instantaneous) to instantaneous with a rise in bath temperature (from 25 degrees C to 75 degrees C). The SEM study showed hexagonal grains for the films obtained at 35 degrees C. The x-ray diffraction spectra revealed the formation of phase-pure ZnO thin films. The chemical state of the deposit was confirmed by XPS measurements.
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