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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />

Theme A1 - B702<br />

The Effect of Anneal<strong>in</strong>g Temperature on the Formation of ZnO Th<strong>in</strong> Films<br />

Deniz Gu ltek<strong>in</strong> 1 *, Mehmet Oguz Guler 1 , Ozgur Cevher 1 , Fatih Kuzak 1 , Hatem Akbulut 1<br />

1 Department of Metallurgical & Materials Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Sakarya University,Sakarya 54187, Turkey<br />

Abstract-Th<strong>in</strong> films of ZnO grown by sol-gel dip coat<strong>in</strong>g method onto soda lime glass substrates under different anneal<strong>in</strong>g temperatures us<strong>in</strong>g<br />

z<strong>in</strong>c acetate precursors. The physical and chemical properties of the deposited th<strong>in</strong> films were <strong>in</strong>vestigated via SEM, XRD, FTIR and 4-probe<br />

electrical resistivity techniques.<br />

ZnO is one of the compounds studied actively <strong>in</strong> various<br />

fields due to its significant physical and chemical properties.<br />

For example, ZnO has much attention as a host material for<br />

transparent conduct<strong>in</strong>g films because impurity- doped ZnO<br />

films show high transparency above 90% <strong>in</strong> the visible region<br />

and low electrical resistivity around 5 x 10 -4 -3]. In a<br />

chemical field ZnO is well known as a photocatalyst with high<br />

chemical activity. Under irradiation of photons hav<strong>in</strong>g higher<br />

energy than the optical band gap of ZnO, oxidation reactions<br />

are promoted on the ZnO surface.<br />

There are many techniques to prepare ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g sputter<strong>in</strong>g [4], molecular beam epitaxy [5], chemical<br />

vapor deposition [6], spray pyrolysis [7] and sol-gel technique<br />

[8], etc. Compared with the others, sol-gel technique is simple,<br />

less expensive and has an advantage of large area deposition<br />

and the facility of the dop<strong>in</strong>g. Ow<strong>in</strong>g to the requirement of the<br />

commercial process, the sol-gel technique is selected to<br />

prepare high-quality ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films. It is known that the<br />

properties of ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films prepared by sol-gel technique are<br />

affected by the precursor materials and the postanneal<br />

technique. Especially, the post-anneal technique is a very<br />

important factor for the preparation of ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films. In this<br />

work, dried gel films deposited by sol-gel technique were<br />

respectively annealed under nitrogen atmosphere and at<br />

different temperatures (300<br />

ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films were deposited by sol-gel technique. Z<strong>in</strong>c<br />

acetate [Zn(CH 3 CO 2 ) 2·2H 2 O] and pure ethyl alcohol were<br />

used as the precursor material and the solvent, respectively.<br />

Diluted lactic acid solution (molar ratio CH 3 CH(OH)COOH:<br />

H 2 O = 1:2) was used as the solvent and stabilizer, which<br />

controlled the pH value of the solution to avoid turbidity and<br />

precipitate [9]. Z<strong>in</strong>c acetate was dissolved <strong>in</strong> pure ethyl<br />

alcohol by the molar ratio of 1:85. After stirr<strong>in</strong>g the solution<br />

with reflu x at 40 °C for 2 h, the lactic acid solution was slowly<br />

added drop wise <strong>in</strong>to the dissolved z<strong>in</strong>c acetate solution to<br />

yield a clear and homogeneous solution. Subsequently, the<br />

solution was placed <strong>in</strong> an oven at 65°C for 2 h and used as the<br />

coat<strong>in</strong>g solution after be<strong>in</strong>g cooled to room temperature. Two<br />

days after the solution was prepared, the coat<strong>in</strong>g was made to<br />

<strong>in</strong>crease the viscosity of the solution.<br />

To understand the change of the organic composition, the<br />

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films annealed under different conditions were analyzed by<br />

Fourier t ransform <strong>in</strong>frared spectra. The crystall<strong>in</strong>ity of the<br />

ZnO th<strong>in</strong> films was identified with a DMax/2200 X-ray<br />

diffraction <strong>in</strong>strument (XRD, Cu K <br />

The Sherrer equation and the Bragg law were used to calculate<br />

the gra<strong>in</strong> size and the lattice constants, respectively. The<br />

surface topography was observed by scann<strong>in</strong>g electron<br />

microscopy (SEM). All the above measurements were<br />

completed at room temperature.<br />

*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author: dkurt@sakarya.edu.tr<br />

6th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference, zmir, 2010 406

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