Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films
We have investigated the effect of the growth techniques on the structural, the electrically and optically active defects in Indium doped TiO2 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and sputtering techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy patterns revealed both rutile and...
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| author | Al mashary, Faisal S. de Castro, Suelen da Silva, Arlon Fernando Felix, Jorlandio Francisco Piton, Marcelo Rizzo Avanço Galeti, Helder Vinícius De Giovanni Rodrigues, Ariano Galvão Gobato, Yara Al Saqri, Noor Henini, Mohamed Al huwayz, Maryam M. Albadri, Abdulrahman M. Alyamani, Ahmed Y. Albrathen, Hamad A. Alhusaini, Sami A. Aljaber, Khalid M. Alanazi, Ali Z. Alghamdi, Fahad S. |
| author_facet | Al mashary, Faisal S. de Castro, Suelen da Silva, Arlon Fernando Felix, Jorlandio Francisco Piton, Marcelo Rizzo Avanço Galeti, Helder Vinícius De Giovanni Rodrigues, Ariano Galvão Gobato, Yara Al Saqri, Noor Henini, Mohamed Al huwayz, Maryam M. Albadri, Abdulrahman M. Alyamani, Ahmed Y. Albrathen, Hamad A. Alhusaini, Sami A. Aljaber, Khalid M. Alanazi, Ali Z. Alghamdi, Fahad S. |
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| description | We have investigated the effect of the growth techniques on the structural, the electrically and optically active defects in Indium doped TiO2 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and sputtering techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy patterns revealed both rutile and anatase phases for the sputtering samples. On the other hand, only the anatase phase was observed for the PLD samples. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra have unveiled several peaks which were explained by defect related optical transitions. Particularly, the PL bands are fully consistent with anatase/rutile TiO2 phases and the formation of In2O3 during the preparation of our samples. It was also observed that at −4 V reverse bias, the PLD samples have lower leakage currents (∼1.4 × 10−7 A) as compared to the sputtering samples (∼5.9 × 10−7 A). In addition, the PLD samples exhibited lower ideality factors and higher barrier heights as compared to those grown by sputtering. Finally, the Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) measurements have shown only one defect in the PLD samples whereas five defects have been detected in the sputtering samples. Therefore, our results provide strong evidence that the PLD technique is better suited for the growth of In-doped TiO2 thin films. |
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| spelling | nottingham-531232020-05-04T19:43:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53123/ Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films Al mashary, Faisal S. de Castro, Suelen da Silva, Arlon Fernando Felix, Jorlandio Francisco Piton, Marcelo Rizzo Avanço Galeti, Helder Vinícius De Giovanni Rodrigues, Ariano Galvão Gobato, Yara Al Saqri, Noor Henini, Mohamed Al huwayz, Maryam M. Albadri, Abdulrahman M. Alyamani, Ahmed Y. Albrathen, Hamad A. Alhusaini, Sami A. Aljaber, Khalid M. Alanazi, Ali Z. Alghamdi, Fahad S. We have investigated the effect of the growth techniques on the structural, the electrically and optically active defects in Indium doped TiO2 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and sputtering techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy patterns revealed both rutile and anatase phases for the sputtering samples. On the other hand, only the anatase phase was observed for the PLD samples. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra have unveiled several peaks which were explained by defect related optical transitions. Particularly, the PL bands are fully consistent with anatase/rutile TiO2 phases and the formation of In2O3 during the preparation of our samples. It was also observed that at −4 V reverse bias, the PLD samples have lower leakage currents (∼1.4 × 10−7 A) as compared to the sputtering samples (∼5.9 × 10−7 A). In addition, the PLD samples exhibited lower ideality factors and higher barrier heights as compared to those grown by sputtering. Finally, the Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) measurements have shown only one defect in the PLD samples whereas five defects have been detected in the sputtering samples. Therefore, our results provide strong evidence that the PLD technique is better suited for the growth of In-doped TiO2 thin films. Elsevier 2018-06-30 Article PeerReviewed Al mashary, Faisal S., de Castro, Suelen, da Silva, Arlon Fernando, Felix, Jorlandio Francisco, Piton, Marcelo Rizzo, Avanço Galeti, Helder Vinícius, De Giovanni Rodrigues, Ariano, Galvão Gobato, Yara, Al Saqri, Noor, Henini, Mohamed, Al huwayz, Maryam M., Albadri, Abdulrahman M., Alyamani, Ahmed Y., Albrathen, Hamad A., Alhusaini, Sami A., Aljaber, Khalid M., Alanazi, Ali Z. and Alghamdi, Fahad S. (2018) Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 766 . pp. 194-203. ISSN 1873-4669 In-doped TiO2 Pulsed laser deposition Sputtering XRD Photoluminescence Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838818324812 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.06.360 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.06.360 |
| spellingShingle | In-doped TiO2 Pulsed laser deposition Sputtering XRD Photoluminescence Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy Al mashary, Faisal S. de Castro, Suelen da Silva, Arlon Fernando Felix, Jorlandio Francisco Piton, Marcelo Rizzo Avanço Galeti, Helder Vinícius De Giovanni Rodrigues, Ariano Galvão Gobato, Yara Al Saqri, Noor Henini, Mohamed Al huwayz, Maryam M. Albadri, Abdulrahman M. Alyamani, Ahmed Y. Albrathen, Hamad A. Alhusaini, Sami A. Aljaber, Khalid M. Alanazi, Ali Z. Alghamdi, Fahad S. Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title | Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title_full | Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title_fullStr | Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title_short | Effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped TiO2thin films |
| title_sort | effect of growth techniques on the structural, optical and electrical properties of indium doped tio2thin films |
| topic | In-doped TiO2 Pulsed laser deposition Sputtering XRD Photoluminescence Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy |
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