Journal
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
Volume 307, Issue 2, Pages 328-333Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.07.001
Keywords
spin coating; transparent conducting; sol-gel; zinc oxide
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Boron-doped zinc oxide transparent conducting thin films have been deposited from the solution of zinc acetate and trimethyl borate by a sol-gel process, The effect of pH of precursor sol on the crystallization, microstructure, electrical and optical properties of thin films were investigated. The pH of the precursor sol is found to have a significant influence on the surface morphology, electrical and optical properties of the thin films. X-ray diffractograms and field emission scanning electron microscopy reveal that the grain size is increased with the increase in pH of the precursor sol. The resistivity of the film was also found to decrease from 1.6 x 10(-2) to 4.2 x 10(-1) Omega cm with increase in the pH of the precursor sol from 5.0 to 6.2 and then started to increase as pH was further increased to 6.8. The experimentally observed dependence of the resistivity on the pH of precursor sol is correlated to the dependence of the carrier mobility on grain boundary scattering. The optical studies show that the band gap decreases from 3.38 to 3.23eV with increase in the pH. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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