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P. S. Shewale, Y. S. Yu. Growth-temperature-dependent optical and acetone detection properties of ZnO thin films[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(7): 073001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/7/073001
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P. S. Shewale, Y. S. Yu. Growth-temperature-dependent optical and acetone detection properties of ZnO thin films[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(7): 073001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/7/073001.
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Growth-temperature-dependent optical and acetone detection properties of ZnO thin films
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/7/073001
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Abstract
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared onto glass substrates at moderately low growth temperature by two-stage spray pyrolysis technique. The effects of growth temperature on structural, optical and acetone detection properties were investigated with X-ray diffractometry, a UV-visible spectrophotometer, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and a homemade gas sensor testing unit, respectively. All the films are polycrystalline with a hexagonal wurtzite phase and exhibit a preferential orientation along [002] direction. The film crystallinity is gradually enhanced with an increase in growth temperature. The optical measurements show that all the films are physically highly transparent with a transmittance greater than 82% in the visible range. The band gap of the film is observed to exhibit a slight red shift with an increasing growth temperature. The PL studies on the films show UV/violet PL band at ~ 395 nm. Among all the films investigated, the film deposited at 250 ℃ demonstrates a maximum sensitivity of 13% towards 20 ppm of acetone vapors at 300 ℃ operating temperature.-
Keywords:
- ZnO thin film,
- growth temperature,
- optical,
- acetone sensing properties
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