Optical and electrical characterization of In‐doped ZnMgO films grown by spray pyrolysis method

Structural and electrical properties of Al-doped MgxZn1−xO films were improved by post-annealing with supplying Zn vapor. The Al-doped MgxZn1−xO films were deposited on glass substrates by a sol-gel method. The substrates were dip-coated with a precursor solution and were dried on a hotplate at 270 °C for 10 min. This dip-coating and drying process was repeated 10 times, and the Al-doped MgxZn1−xO films were obtained after calcination in air at 500 °C for 1 h. The as-grown films were post-annealed in H2 at 400 °C for 20 min. To supply zinc vapor, a glass slide with a thermally evaporated Zn layer (Zn cap) was put on the sample surface during the post-annealing. The as-grown films had the wurtzite structure with the c-axis perpendicular to the substrate surface, but the intensity of the (002) diffraction peak decreased with increasing Mg content (x). The crystallinity of the films was improved after the post-annealing with a Zn cap, which was observed when x was below 0.1. The resistivity and carrier concentration of the film (x = 0.1) after the post-annealing with a Zn cap was 6.0 × 10−3 Ωcm and 5.7 × 1019 cm−3, respectively. On the other hand, the resistivity of the film (x = 0.1) after the post-annealing without a Zn cap was 6.6 × 102 Ωcm. Transmittance spectra in the visible range were not affected by the post-annealing. The optical bandgap of the film (x = 0.1) after the post-annealing with a Zn cap was 3.41 eV.

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Optical and electrical characterization of In‐doped ZnMgO films grown by spray pyrolysis method

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Optical and electrical characterization of In‐doped ZnMgO films grown by spray pyrolysis method

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Effects of Na-doping on the efficiency of ZnO nanorods-based dye sensitized solar cells

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The effects of the post-annealing with a Zn cap on the structural and electrical properties of sol-gel derived MgxZn1−xO films

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The effects of the post-annealing with a Zn cap on the structural and electrical properties of sol-gel derived Mg_xZn_1−xO films