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Structural, chemical, morphological and optical properties of thin films based on potassium bis(2-methyllactato) borate hemihydrate doped by iodine

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Complex composite films of potassium bis(2-methyllactato) borate hemihydrate (KMB) doped with iodine (I2) were dip-synthesized on glass substrates in this work. The chemical, crystal, and morphological structures were investigated. Introducing I2 into KMB host matrix forms KI molecules in the KMB complex composite, which increases the crystallite size and the microstrain in the film structure and consequently influences their optical and electrical properties. Introducing I2 into KMB films leads to a decrease in the bandgap energy due to forming polarons between the valance and conduction bands. Introducing I2 to KMB increases the sheet resistance. However, the conductivity of KMB and KMB-doped I2 films has an inverse behaviour with the sheet resistance, which is attributed to decreasing the K+ ions in KMB films due to forming KI molecules in the KMB-I2 films. Based on the properties achieved in this work, KMB/I2 complex composite films are feasible to be used in optoelectronic, photonic, and organic optical devices.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Jordan, the Deanship of Scientific research, particularly for the support. We thank Prof. Mohammad-Ali H. Al-Akhras for helping our members use his biomedical laboratories.

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    Qais M. Al-Bataineh, Ahmad. A. Ahmad, Ahmad M. Alsaad & Ihsan A. Aljarrah

  2. Leibniz Institut Für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-E.V., Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11, 44139, Dortmund, Germany

    Qais M. Al-Bataineh & Ahmad D. Telfah

  3. Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (HMCSR), The Jordan University, Amman, 11942, Jordan

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Al-Bataineh, Q.M., Ahmad, A.A., Alsaad, A.M. et al. Structural, chemical, morphological and optical properties of thin films based on potassium bis(2-methyllactato) borate hemihydrate doped by iodine. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 20778–20789 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08887-2

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