Khan Md Irfan, Neha Tasratur Reaj, Billah Md Muktadir
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Heliyon. 2022 Jan 11;8(1):e08743. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08743. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Thin films of transparent conductive Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were produced via sol-gel spin coating route. Structural, optical, and electrical properties were explored for several dopant concentrations. Formation of crystalline AZO was verified by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Analysis and structural analysis were carried out later from the XRD data. Highest band gap of 3.67 eV was found for 2 mol % AZO thin films. The average transmittance was found to be 84.19% in the visible spectra for the corresponding thin films. 2 mol% AZO also exhibited a minimum resistivity of 2.05 Ω-cm with a maximum value of figure of merit. Prolonged UV irradiation was applied to 2 mol % AZO thin films prior to annealing. It significantly modified the surface morphology of the film and provided shielding near UVA (315-378 nm) spectrum. This also enhanced the conductivity of the thin film by 3-fold compared to non-UV treated sample and decreased optical band gap significantly.
通过溶胶-凝胶旋涂法制备了透明导电掺铝氧化锌(AZO)薄膜。研究了几种掺杂浓度下薄膜的结构、光学和电学性能。通过X射线衍射(XRD)分析验证了结晶AZO的形成,并随后根据XRD数据进行了结构分析。发现2 mol%的AZO薄膜具有最高的3.67 eV带隙。相应薄膜在可见光谱中的平均透过率为84.19%。2 mol%的AZO还表现出最低的电阻率2.05 Ω·cm,品质因数最高。在退火之前,对2 mol%的AZO薄膜进行了长时间的紫外线照射。这显著改变了薄膜的表面形貌,并在UVA(315 - 378 nm)光谱附近提供了屏蔽。与未经过紫外线处理的样品相比,这也使薄膜的电导率提高了3倍,并显著降低了光学带隙。