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Electrodeposition of ZnO coatings from aqueous Zn(NO3)2 baths: effect of Zn concentration, deposition temperature, and time on orientation

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Cathodic reduction of zinc nitrate solution results in the deposition of ZnO crystallites with a strong c-axis orientation. The orientation of crystallites can be switched to 10l (l = 1, 2, 3) direction by varying the bath concentration (0.04–0.1 M) and the deposition conditions (T, 50–70 °C; t, 30–90 min). The range of concentrations yielding c-axis orientation can be widened at a high deposition temperature. At 0.1 M bath concentration and long deposition times, crystallites are oriented along 10l (l = 3) direction. At low temperature (50 °C), 100 oriented nanostructured ZnO coatings are obtained (crystallite size, 20–35 nm). The c-axis-oriented crystallites grow as hexagonal columns perpendicular to substrate and 10l-oriented crystallites grow tilted at different angles to the substrate surface.

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The authors thank the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GOI) for financial support. BEP acknowledges the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, GOI for the award of a Senior Research Fellowship. PVK is a recipient of the Ramanna Fellowship of the DST.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Central College, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560 001, India

    Belavalli E. Prasad & P. Vishnu Kamath

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560 001, India

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Prasad, B.E., Kamath, P.V. & Ranganath, S. Electrodeposition of ZnO coatings from aqueous Zn(NO3)2 baths: effect of Zn concentration, deposition temperature, and time on orientation. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 3715–3722 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-012-1804-6

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