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THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 518, Issue 23, Pages 6921-6926Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.07.051
Keywords
Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition; Zinc oxide; Nanoparticles; X-ray diffraction; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy
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- Science Foundation Ireland [07/IN.1/1787]
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The feasibility of Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (AA-CVD) has been investigated for the growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) films containing preformed metal nanoparticles. The deposition parameters were first established for ZnO thin films, by varying the heating configuration, substrate temperature and deposition time. Films were characterised using Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction. As-deposited films, grown at 250 degrees C, were mostly amorphous and transformed to highly crystalline Wurtzite ZnO at higher substrate temperatures (400-450 degrees C). A change in the preferential orientation of the films was observed upon changing (i), the substrate temperature or (ii), the heating configuration. Following this, the applicability of the AA-CVD process for the incorporation of preformed nanoparticles (platinum and gold) in ZnO thin films was investigated. It was found that surface agglomeration occurred, such that the ZnO films were capped with an inhomogeneous coverage of the metal. These layers were characterised using Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Diffraction. A possible mechanism for the formation of these metal surface clusters is presented. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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