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Effects of metal doping on photoinduced hydrophilicity of SnO2 thin films

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The influence of metal dopants (Mn2+, Al3+ and Cu2+) on the wetting properties of SnO2 thin films deposited by thermal evaporation is reported. The undoped and doped SnO2 films crystallize into the orthorhombic structure upon annealing at 200°C for 110 h. It is shown that wettability behaviour, before and after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, is dependent on the ionic radius of the dopant. The contact angle of un-irradiated samples increases with increase in ionic radius of the dopant and also in comparison with the undoped sample. It is 54° for pure SnO2 and increases to 77.5°, 92.3° and 95.9° for the Al3+,Mn2+ and Cu2+ doped samples, respectively. After UV irradiation, the value is 5.4° for the undoped sample. This increases to 21.2° for Al doping reaching a minimum of 6.4° for the Mn-doped sample increasing thereafter to 63.3° for the Cu-doped sample. It is observed that pre-irradiation contact angle behaviour can be correlated with the change in roughness of the films with increasing ionic radius. In contrast, photoinduced hydrophilicity of the films correlates with their optical bandgap. The contact angle is lowest for the lowest bandgap material, i.e., Mn-doped SnO2, with a bandgap of 2.48 eV. Thus, the band structure of SnO2 that can be controlled by dopant ionic radius can in turn be employed to manipulate the wettability of these surfaces.

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We gratefully acknowledge the facilities provided by the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad. DD Purkayastha thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, for the Fellowship granted to him.

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    DEBARUN DHAR PURKAYASTHA, RAJEEB BRAHMA & M GHANASHYAM KRISHNA

  2. Department of Physics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, 610004, India

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PURKAYASTHA, D.D., BRAHMA, R., KRISHNA, M.G. et al. Effects of metal doping on photoinduced hydrophilicity of SnO2 thin films. Bull Mater Sci 38, 203–208 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-014-0820-9

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