Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1664130 | Thin Solid Films | 2016 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
Reduced-graphene-oxide-incorporated aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO:rGO) composite thin films were synthesized on glass substrates by using the sol-gel method. The effect of the rGO concentration (0-3Â wt%) on structural, electrical, and optical properties of the composite film was investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Hall-effect measurement, and ultraviolet-visible spectrometry. All of the composite films showed a typical hexagonal wurtzite structure, and the films incorporated with 1Â wt% rGO showed the highest (0 0 2) peak intensity. The sheet resistance of the films was effectively reduced by a factor of more than two as the rGO ratio increased from 0 to 1Â wt%. However, the sheet resistance increased with a further increase in the rGO ratio. The optical transmittance of the composite film monotonically decreased with increasing the rGO ratio from 0 to 3Â wt%. The average optical transmittance (400-700Â nm) of the AZO:rGO thin film within 1Â wt% rGO was above 81%.
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Authors
Ching-Tian Chou, Fang-Hsing Wang, Wei-Chun Chen,