Influence of using acetic acid in the precursor solution on the physical properties of spray-deposited Al doped zinc oxide thin films

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1 Department of physics, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran

2 Department of physics, Facelty of sciences, University of Guilan, Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

Al-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were spray-deposited onto soda lime glass. The amount of acetic acid was changed from 0 to 4 ml in the precursor with 1 ml step. As a result, the physical characteristics of the prepared AZO thin films were considerably changed. Although the (002) plane was dominant in all the prepared AZO films, the intensity of the related peak was slightly declined with acetic acid. Both the estimated crystallite size and strain elevated with acetic acid increase from 59 to 116 nm and 1.82×10-3 to 2.47×10-3, respectively. As soon as the lowest amount of acetic acid was added to the precursor solution (1 ml), the resistivity of the spray-deposited AZO thin film met a drastic reduction (from 2.08×10-1 Ω.cm to 2.01×10-2 Ω.cm). the lowest resistivity as well as the highest transparency were belonged to the AZO film with 2 ml acetic acid which result in 5.86×10-4 Ω-1 figure of merit.

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Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy
Volume 32, Issue 3 - Serial Number 95
October 2024
Pages 581-592

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  • Revise Date: 29 February 2024
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