Investigation of the structural, surface, optical and electrical properties of the Indium doped CuxO thin films deposited by a thermionic vacuum arc


Musaoglu C., PAT S., ÖZEN S., KORKMAZ Ş., Mohammadigharehbagh R.

MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS, cilt.5, sa.3, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/2053-1591/aab57a
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, investigation of some physical properties of In-doped CuxO thin films onto amorphous glass substrates were done. The thin films were depsoied by thermionic vacuum arc technique (TVA). TVA technique gives a thin film with lower precursor impurity according to the other chemical and physical depsoition methods. The microstructural properties of the produced thin films was determined by x-ray diffraction device (XRD). The thickness values were measured as to be 30 nm and 60 nm, respectively. The miller indices of the thin films' crystalline planes were determined as to be Cu (111), CuO ((1) over bar 12), CuInO2 (107) and Cu2O(200), Cu(111), CuO ((1) over bar 12), CuO ((2) over bar 02), CuInO2 (015) for sample C1 and C2, respectively. The produced In-doped CuO thin films are in polycrystalline structure. The surface properties of produced In doped CuO thin films were determined by using an atomic force microscope (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) tools. The optical properties of the In doped CuO thin films were determined by UV-vis spectrophotometer, interferometer, and photoluminescence devices. p-type semiconductor thin film was obtained by TVA depsoition.