Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 518, Issue 21, Pages 5916-5919Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.05.081
Keywords
Deposition process; Heat treatment; Hydrogen; Iron oxide; Mossbauer spectroscopy; Nanostructures
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- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [1M0512, MSM6198959218]
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic [KAN101630651]
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This paper deals with a simple and low-cost method developed to deposit hematite (alpha-Fe(2)O(3)) layers on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO/F center dot SnO(2)) substrate by thermal decomposition of solid iron(III) chloride hexahydrate (FeCl(3) 6H(2)O) Deposition procedure takes place through chemical intermediate iron(III) oxide chloride (FeOCl) film. A crucial influence of atmosphere dynamics involved in the calcination process of FeOCl has been observed As-deposited films were characterized by means of Conversion Electron Mossbauer Spectroscopy (CEMS), Grazing Angle X-Ray Diffractometry (GAXRD), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis Final nanocrystalline hematite film with a cactus-field-like design consists of 20 nm thick porous crystal plates. A process of hematite doping by tin atoms from substrate coating is also discussed (C) 2010 Elsevier B V. All rights reserved.
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