<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We have investigated the influence of Ag doping on zinc oxide thin films. Pure and Ag doped, preferentially oriented transparent zinc oxide thin films were prepared by sol gel technique on a glass substrate using diethyl amine as a stabilizer. The X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the films with hexagonal wurtzite type structure were polycrystalline in nature with a preferred grain orientation in the 101 direction. The crystallite sizes decreased from 34 nm to 27 nm after silver doping. Both photoluminescence and optical transmission measurements showed that the band gap increased after the Ag doping. The structure and optical characterization studies clearly indicated the incorporation of Ag in ZnO. Hence, the observed increase in the optical band gap and decrease in crystallite size can be directly attributed to the effect of Ag ion incorporation into the ZnO lattice.</p></abstract>

We have investigated the influence of Ag doping on zinc oxide thin films. Pure and Ag doped, preferentially oriented transparent zinc oxide thin films were prepared by sol gel technique on a glass substrate using diethyl amine as a stabilizer. The X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the films with hexagonal wurtzite type structure were polycrystalline in nature with a preferred grain orientation in the 101 direction. The crystallite sizes decreased from 34 nm to 27 nm after silver doping. Both photoluminescence and optical transmission measurements showed that the band gap increased after the Ag doping. The structure and optical characterization studies clearly indicated the incorporation of Ag in ZnO. Hence, the observed increase in the optical band gap and decrease in crystallite size can be directly attributed to the effect of Ag ion incorporation into the ZnO lattice.

Structural and optical properties of pure and Ag doped ZnO thin films obtained by sol gel spin coating technique

Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

National Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad 45650, Pakistan

Department of Physics, College of Science, Az Zulfi, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia

Materials Science-Poland

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We have investigated the influence of Ag doping on zinc oxide thin films. Pure and Ag doped, preferentially oriented transparent zinc oxide thin films were...

Structural and optical properties of pure and Ag doped ZnO thin films obtained by sol gel spin coating technique

Published Online: Aug 30, 2016

Page range: 601 - 605

Received: Dec 31, 2014

Accepted: Jun 12, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0091

Keywords
Ag doped ZnO, sol gel, structure properties, optical band gap, defects study

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Structural and optical properties of pure and Ag doped ZnO thin films obtained by sol gel spin coating technique

Published Online: Aug 30, 2016

Page range: 601 - 605

Received: Dec 31, 2014

Accepted: Jun 12, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0091

KeywordsAg doped ZnO, sol gel, structure properties, optical band gap, defects study

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Ag doped ZnO, sol gel, structure properties, optical band gap, defects study