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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 257, Issue 21, Pages 9068-9072Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.05.102
Keywords
Thin films; X-ray diffraction; Atomic force microscopy; Optical properties and electrical properties
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- Inter University Accelerator Center, New Delhi, India [UFUP-41313]
- DST
- DST, Govt. of India [DST/TSG/PT/2008/20]
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Zirconium doped zinc oxide thin films with enhanced optical transparency were prepared on Corning 1737 glass substrates at the substrate temperature of 400 degrees C by spray pyrolysis method for various doping concentrations of zirconium (IV) chloride in the spray solution. The X-ray diffraction studies reveal that the films exhibit hexagonal crystal structure with polycrystalline grains oriented along (0 0 2) direction. The crystalline quality of the films is found to be deteriorating with the increase of doping concentration and acquires amorphous state for higher concentration of 8 at.% in precursor solution. The average transmittance for 5 at.% (solution) zirconium doped ZnO film is significantly increased to similar to 92% in the visible region of 500-800 nm. The room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra of films show a band edge between 3.41 and 3.2 eV and strong blue emission at 2.8 eV irrespective of doping concentration and however intensity increases consistently with doping levels. The vacuum annealing at 400 degrees C reduced the resistivity of the films significantly due to the coalescence of grains and the lowest resistivity of 2 x 10(-3) Omega cm is observed for 3 at.% (solution) Zr doped ZnO films which envisages that it is a good candidate for stable TCO material. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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