Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 712, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2020.138317
Keywords
Zinc sulfide-polyvinyl alcohol; Thermolysis; Swanepoel's method; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Schottky diode
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- FIST grant [DU/RP/FIST/Physics/2016/597]
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Zinc sulfide-polyvinyl alcohol (ZnS-PVA) nanocomposite thin films were synthesized on glass substrates via solvent casting method followed by thermolysis technique. The thermolysis reactions were carried out at dif-ferent thermolysis temperatures (Tt)-80, 100, 120, 150, 200 and 250 degrees C to study the induced changes in the growth process. Thin films synthesized at Tt 200 and 250 degrees C consist of ZnS nanoparticles with high crystallinity and distinct lattice fringes were observed by high-resolution transmission electron microscope. At Tt 250 degrees C the PVA contents in the film diminishes given that agglomeration of crystallites takes place. X-ray dif-fraction and selected area electron diffraction patterns confirm the cubic phase of the ZnS-PVA thin films with preferred orientation along (111). The scanning electron micrographs reveal the homogeneous morphology and increase in grain size on the surface of thin films at higher thermolysis temperature. The thickness of the films determined using Swanepoel's method was found to decrease from 1700 to 350 nm when thermolysis temperature increases. The presence of different functional groups and the formation of bonds between Zn and S were confirmed by fourier transform infra-red spectrum analysis. The metal-semiconductor junction was synthesized by forming an indium tin oxide/ZnS-PVA/Al heterostructure. The behavior of metal-semiconductor junction was analyzed by currentvoltage characteristics.
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