<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The development of transparent conducting oxide materials has gained an increased interest in the scientific community for developing efficient low cost optoelectronic devices. The effect of Cd precursor on structural and optical properties of sol-gel synthesized Zn0:9Cd0:1O nanostructured films has been studied by using XRD, AFM, optical absorption and emission spectroscopic techniques. X-ray diffraction confirms the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure of the deposited films and the relative intensity of diffraction peaks has been observed with different cadmium salts. The granular surface morphology of the synthesized films has been observed from AFM measurements. The optical transmission, band gap and luminescence intensity was found to change for different cadmium salts. These results are very important for developing new materials for optoelectronic applications.</abstract>

The development of transparent conducting oxide materials has gained an increased interest in the scientific community for developing efficient low cost optoelectronic devices. The effect of Cd precursor on structural and optical properties of sol-gel synthesized Zn0:9Cd0:1O nanostructured films has been studied by using XRD, AFM, optical absorption and emission spectroscopic techniques. X-ray diffraction confirms the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure of the deposited films and the relative intensity of diffraction peaks has been observed with different cadmium salts. The granular surface morphology of the synthesized films has been observed from AFM measurements. The optical transmission, band gap and luminescence intensity was found to change for different cadmium salts. These results are very important for developing new materials for optoelectronic applications.

Effect of Cd precursor on structure and optical properties of spin coated Zn0:9Cd0:1O films for optoelectronics applications

Semiconductors Laboratory, Department of Physics

Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Materials Science-Poland

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Effect of Cd precursor on structure and optical properties of spin coated ZnCdO films for optoelectronics applications

The development of transparent conducting oxide materials has gained an increased interest in the scientific community for developing efficient low cost...

Effect of Cd precursor on structure and optical properties of spin coated Zn_0:9Cd_0:1O films for optoelectronics applications

Published Online: Dec 12, 2020

Page range: 459 - 464

Received: Nov 27, 2018

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0053

Keywords
transparent conducting oxides - TCO, thin films, sol-gel technique, structural properties, optical properties

© 2020 Isha Arora et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effect of Cd precursor on structure and optical properties of spin coated Zn0:9Cd0:1O films for optoelectronics applications

Published Online: Dec 12, 2020

Page range: 459 - 464

Received: Nov 27, 2018

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0053

Keywordstransparent conducting oxides - TCO, thin films, sol-gel technique, structural properties, optical properties

© 2020 Isha Arora et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effect of Cd precursor on structure and optical properties of spin coated Zn_0:9Cd_0:1O films for optoelectronics applications

Keywords
transparent conducting oxides - TCO, thin films, sol-gel technique, structural properties, optical properties