Structural Properties of Stannic Oxide Coated Aluminium-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanorods

Abstract:

Aluminium (Al) - doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods was deposited using sol-gel immersion method. To study the effect of stannic oxide coating (SnO₂) on the structural properties of the ZnO nanorods, SnO₂ with different layers were deposited on the top of ZnO nanorods, from 1 to 5 layers. The structural properties of the samples have been characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The analyses showed that by increasing the deposited layer, the surface roughness of the samples reduced and also reduced the porosity of the surface.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1109)
• Pages: 476-480
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1109.476
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Ahmad Syakirin Ismail*, Mohd Firdaus Malek, Muhammad Amir Ridhwan Abdullah, Mohamad Hafiz Mamat, M. Rusop
• Keywords: Layers, SnO Coating, ZnO Nanorods

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