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Structure and Optical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by the Czochralski Method

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The zinc oxide seed film was coated on conductive glass (FTO) substrate by the Czochralski method, Zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetramine were used as raw materials to prepare growth solution, and then ZnO film was prepared by a low-temperature solution method. The effects of annealing temperature on the morphology, structure, stress and optical properties of ZnO films were studied. The thin films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible absorption spectra (UV — vis), photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that the films are ZnO nanorods. With the increase of annealing temperature, the diameter of the rod increases, and the nanorods tend to be oriented. The band gap of the sample obtained from the light absorption spectra first increases and then decreases with the increase of annealing temperature. When the annealing temperature is 350 °C, the crystallinity of zinc oxide film is the highest, the band gap is close to the theoretical value of pure ZnO.

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Funded by Henan International Science and Technology Cooperation Program (No.152102410035), and Ph D Research Startup Foundation of Henan University of Science and Technology(No.13480107)

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China

    Zhanhong Ma  (马战红), Fengzhang Ren  (任凤章) & Zhouya Yang

  2. Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China

    Zhanhong Ma  (马战红)

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Ma, Z., Ren, F. & Yang, Z. Structure and Optical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by the Czochralski Method. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 37, 823–828 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-022-2602-3

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