Synthesis and Characterization of Grape-Like SnO₂ Structures Grown by a Thermal Evaporation Method

Abstract:

Grape-like tin dioxide (SnO₂) structures have been grown on p-type silicon (Si(100)) substrate synthesized by thermal evaporation of tin (Sn) without use of metal catalyst. The experiment were conducted in a three-zone tube furnace at a constant temperature of 1080°C,under 1.6% of oxygen (O₂) gas in an atmospheric ambient with a controlled flow rate of 1.0L/min. The prepared SnO₂ film was characterized by using X-ray diffraction diffractometer (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX) and photoluminescence (PL) measurement. The grape-like SnO₂ structures were highly crystalline with particle size (resemble grape fruit) ranging from 120-550 nm and diameter of wire (resemble grape stem) around 120-160 nm.The PL spectrum of the grape-like SnO₂ structures exhibits a broad visible light emission with a peak centered at around 623 nm, corresponding to 1.99 eV and usual near band edge emission of SnO₂ is not observed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 756)
• Pages: 48-53
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.756.48
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Kar Keng Lim, Muhammad Azmi Abd Hamid, Roslinda Shamsudin, Azman Jalar, N.H. Al-Hardan
• Keywords: Photoluminescence (PL), Thermal Evaporation, Tin Dioxide (SnO₂)

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