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BULLETIN OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 777-788Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/s12034-016-1203-1
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Indium oxide; europium doping; Raman spectroscopy; PL measurement; electrical behaviour
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In2O3 : Eu thin films were successfully grown by spray pyrolysis. XRD studies showed that the films had In2O3 cubic structure with (004) preferential orientation and best crystal properties at 1.5% Eu doping level. The optical band gap energy decreased with Eu content around 4.1 eV. Urbach energy was of the order of 278 meV, it decreased with Eu content which indicates a decrease in the defects by doping. The dispersion of the refractive index was discussed. Raman spectroscopy showed the band positions corresponding to In2O3 cubic phase with a small shift related to europium incorporation within In2O3 matrix. PL measurements showed a large band which was located at 410 nm and related to the band-to-band transitions and other bands related to impurity levels. Finally, the electric conductivity was investigated depending on the effect of temperature. Activation energy was found to range from 45 to 60 meV for films which were prepared with 1% Eu content.
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