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Structural, morphological, optical and electrical evolution of spray deposited ZnO rods co-doped with indium and sulphur atoms

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Undoped and (In–S) co-doped ZnO films were grown by the spray pyrolysis method on glass substrates. The structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of all the samples were studied in detail. X-ray diffraction results showed that all the samples have a hexagonal wurtzite structure with the preferred orientation that changed from (002) to the random orientation after (In–S) co-doping. From the scanning electron microscopy analysis, it is noted that the morphology of ZnO changed from rods to thin film upon (In–S) co-doping. Compared to undoped ZnO rods, transparency of (In–S) co-doped ZnO thin films significantly increased whereas their band gap values gradually decreased. From photoluminescence measurements, it is observed that the UV peak completely quenched after (In–S) co-doping while the deep level band intensity slightly increased especially for 2 and 4 at.% (In, S) co-doped ZnO samples. Compared with undoped sample, the carrier concentration enhanced with the increase of (In–S) co-doping to 4 at.% and further increase in the co-doping amount results in the decline of the conductivity.

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All the authors would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Tomakin (from Recep Tayyip Erdogan University) for performing all the optical measurements of the study.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Adana Science and Technology University, 01180, Adana, Turkey

    S. Yılmaz

  2. Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Karadeniz Technical University, 61830, Trabzon, Turkey

    İ. Polat

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey

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Yılmaz, S., Polat, İ., Atasoy, Y. et al. Structural, morphological, optical and electrical evolution of spray deposited ZnO rods co-doped with indium and sulphur atoms. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 25, 1810–1816 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-1803-8

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