Effect of different sol concentrations on the properties of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films grown on FTO substrates by sol-gel spin-coating

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 480-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhyun Kim ◽  
Younggyu Kim ◽  
Giwoong Nam ◽  
Dongwan Kim ◽  
Minju Park ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Habibi ◽  
Mohammad Khaledi Sardashti

Glass plate-supported nanostructure ZnO thin films were deposited by sol-gel spin coating. Films were preheated at275∘Cfor 10 minutes and annealed at 350, 450, and550∘Cfor 80 minutes. The ZnO thin films were transparent ca 80–90% in visible range and revealed that absorption edges at about 370 nm. Thec-axis orientation improves and the grain size increases which was indicated by an increase in intensity of the (002) peak at34.4∘in XRD corresponding to the hexagonal ZnO crystal. The photocatalytic degradation of X6G an anionic monoazo dye, in aqueous solutions, was investigated and the effects of some operational parameters such as the number of layer and reusability of ZnO nanostructure thin film were examined. The results showed that the five-layer coated glass surfaces have a very high photocatalytic performance.


Author(s):  
Ştefan Ţălu ◽  
Samah Boudour ◽  
Idris Bouchama ◽  
Bandar Astinchap ◽  
Hamta Ghanbaripour ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 312-315 ◽  
pp. 1132-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Hafiz Mamat ◽  
Zuraida Khusaimi ◽  
Mohamad Mahmood Rusop

Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared through sol-gel method and spin-coating technique. ZnO thin films then were annealed at temperature of 350°C, 400°C, 450°C and 500°C. The thin films were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer and photoluminescence (PL) spectrofluorometer for morphology and optical properties study. The morphology study indicates that the particle size of ZnO increased with annealing temperatures. All thin films are optically transparent (~ 80 % in transmittance) in the visible light-NIR region. PL spectra reveal improved UV emission with annealing temperatures up to 500°C.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongyun Guo ◽  
Yang Ju ◽  
Chengju Fu ◽  
Zhixiong Huang ◽  
Lianmeng Zhang

AbstractZinc acetate was used as a starting material to prepare Zn-solutions from solvents and ligands with different boiling temperature. The ZnO thin films were prepared on Si(1 0 0) substrates by spin-coating method. The effect of baking temperature and boiling temperature of the solvents and ligands on their morphologies and orientation was investigated. The solvents and ligands with high boiling temperature were favorable for relaxation of mechanical stress to form the smooth ZnO thin films. As the solvents and ligands with low boiling temperature were used to prepare Zn-solutions, the prepared ZnO thin films showed (0 0 2) preferred orientation. As n-propanol, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-(methylamino)ethanol and monoethanolamine were used to prepare Zn-solutions, highly (0 0 2)-oriented ZnO thin films were formed by adjusting the baking temperature.


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