<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Thin films of manganese-doped cadmium oxide (CdO:Mn) with different Mn-doping levels (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 at.%) were deposited on glass substrates by employing an inexpensive, simplified spray technique using a perfume atomizer at 375 °C. The influence of Mn incorporation on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of CdO films has been studied. All the films exhibit cubic crystal structure with a (1 1 1) preferential orientation. Mn-doping causes a slight shift of the (1 1 1) diffraction peak towards higher angle. The crystallite size of the films is found to decrease from 34.63 nm to 17.68 nm with an increase in Mn doping concentration. The CdO:Mn film coated with 1 at.% Mn exhibit a high transparency of nearly 90 % which decreases for higher doping concentration. The optical band gap decreases with an increase in Mn doping concentration. All the films have electrical resistivity of the order of 10<sup>−4</sup> Ω·cm.</p></abstract>

Thin films of manganese-doped cadmium oxide (CdO:Mn) with different Mn-doping levels (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 at.%) were deposited on glass substrates by employing an inexpensive, simplified spray technique using a perfume atomizer at 375 °C. The influence of Mn incorporation on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of CdO films has been studied. All the films exhibit cubic crystal structure with a (1 1 1) preferential orientation. Mn-doping causes a slight shift of the (1 1 1) diffraction peak towards higher angle. The crystallite size of the films is found to decrease from 34.63 nm to 17.68 nm with an increase in Mn doping concentration. The CdO:Mn film coated with 1 at.% Mn exhibit a high transparency of nearly 90 % which decreases for higher doping concentration. The optical band gap decreases with an increase in Mn doping concentration. All the films have electrical resistivity of the order of 10−4 Ω·cm.

Effect of doping concentration on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of Mn-doped CdO thin films

Materials Science-Poland

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Thin films of manganese-doped cadmium oxide (CdO:Mn) with different Mn-doping levels (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 at.%) were deposited on glass substrates by employing an...

Effect of doping concentration on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of Mn-doped CdO thin films

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 774 - 781

Received: Dec 24, 2014

Accepted: Sep 29, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0115

Keywords
X-ray diffraction, crystal structure, thin film, optical properties, electrical properties

© 2015 N. Manjula et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effect of doping concentration on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of Mn-doped CdO thin films

Published Online: Jan 06, 2016

Page range: 774 - 781

Received: Dec 24, 2014

Accepted: Sep 29, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0115

KeywordsX-ray diffraction, crystal structure, thin film, optical properties, electrical properties

© 2015 N. Manjula et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
X-ray diffraction, crystal structure, thin film, optical properties, electrical properties