Influence of Annealing on the Morphological and Optical Properties of Mg Doped ZnO Thin Film

Abstract:

Sol gel immersion method has been used to synthesize magnesium doped zinc oxide (Mg:ZnO) thin film on glass substrate. The morphological of annealed thin film was study using atomic force microscopy (AFM) while UV-Visible spectroscopy was used to examine the optical transmittance properties. The optical band gap was estimated by using Tauc’s method. From the results, the surface roughness was change as annealing temperature increases. The increasing of annealing temperature also affects the transmittance spectra which are shifted to lower wavelength. The optical band gaps of the thin film were varied due to different annealed temperature.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1109)
• Pages: 539-543
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1109.539
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Ruziana Mohamed*, Zuraida Khusaimi, Nurul Afaah Abdullah, Aadila Aziz, N.A.M. Asib, A.K. Shafura, Kevin Alvin Eswar, Mohamad Hafiz Mamat, Salman A.H. Alrokayan, Haseeb A. Khan, M. Rusop
• Keywords: Mg Doped ZnO, Morphological, Optical Properties, Sol Gel

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