کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1604944 1516204 2017 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Enhancement of the refractive index of sputtered zinc oxide thin films through doping with Fe2O3
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد فلزات و آلیاژها
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Enhancement of the refractive index of sputtered zinc oxide thin films through doping with Fe2O3
چکیده انگلیسی
Certain optical applications, such as antireflective coatings on solar cells, require transparent films with high refractive indices (>2). Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a transparent semiconductor with exceptional optical properties. However, its refractive index in the transparent dispersionless region of the visible spectrum is lower than 2. In this study, we enhanced the refractive index of sputtered ZnO thin films through doping with iron oxide (Fe2O3), where ZnO targets were doped by 0.5-2.0 wt% of Fe2O3. The films were polycrystalline with smooth surfaces. Differential transmittance spectra were employed to derive the optical band gaps of the films, which showed a minor variation by ±0.03 eV due to doping. The refractive index was extracted from the transmittance spectra using a Cauchy equation and was further fitted by a single-oscillator model. The optimum refractive index was obtained for the films prepared from the target doped with 1.5 wt% of Fe2O3. Enhancement of the refractive index was accompanied by a reduction of optical absorption in the doped films.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Alloys and Compounds - Volume 690, 5 January 2017, Pages 453-460
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