Formation of ZnO Nanoparticulate Thin Film: Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterisation

Abstract:

ZnO thin films have been prepared sol gel dip coating method using zinc acetate dehydrate (Zn(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O, Merck) as cation source, 2-methoxyethanol (C₃H₈O₂, Merck) as solvent and monoethanolamine, MEA (C₂H₇NO, R&M) as sol stabilizer. Film deposition was performed by dip-coating technique at a fixed deposition rate on Corning 7740 glass substrate. The effect of sol concentration on the properties of the thin films is discussed. The effect of the sol concentration on produced ZnO films was found to be significant. X-ray analysis showed that thin films were preferentially orientated along the c-axis direction of the crystal. Besides, the films had a transparency of greater than 80% in the visible region for sol–gels with a zinc content of up to 0.8 M and exhibited absorption edges at ~375 nm.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 832)
• Pages: 362-367
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.832.362
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Mohd Firdaus Malek, Mohamad Hafiz Mamat, Musa Mohamed Zaihidi, Mohd Zainizan Sahdan, Zuraida Khusaimi, Mohamad Rusop Mahmood
• Keywords: Dip-Coating, Sol-Gel, Zinc Oxide (ZnO), ZNO

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