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Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an important transparent conducting oxide of potential use in solar cells, electronics, photoelectronics, and sensors. In this work ZnO micro discs were synthesized in thin film form on glass substrates using the low cost spray pyrolysis method. The films were prepared from a precursor solution of ZnCl2 in distilled water at a substrate temperature of 300 ± 5°C. The as-synthesized samples were analyzed with x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The morphology of the films showed randomly distributed micro discs of hexagonal shape. The EDS reports showed that the films contained Cl and Fe. Size analysis was performed using ImageJ software, where the average diameter was found to be 4.8 ± 0.9 μm, and the average thickness was found to be 254 ± 43 nm.
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Ikhmayies, S.J., Zbib, M.B. Synthesis of ZnO Hexagonal Micro Discs on Glass Substrates Using the Spray Pyrolysis Technique. J. Electron. Mater. 46, 3982–3986 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-017-5495-8
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