Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

Room Temperature Electro-synthesis of Nanocrystalline Nickel doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films.

N. P. Tendolkar, M. R. Kale

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Zinc oxide (ZnO) has wide range of technological appli-cations as transparent conducting electrodes in solar cells, flat panel displays, surface acoustic wave devices, and sensors. Moreover, it is widely heralded that spintronic devices would provide advantages over their conventional counterparts, such as non-volatility, higher speed, lower power consumption, and higher integration density. Electrodeposition is one of the chemical methods for preparation of thin films. It is simple, convenient, less expensive among the various physical and chemical methods. One can deposit binary and ternary metal chalcogenides, oxides at room temperature by using this method.</span>< /> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">In this work single step electro-synthesis of nickel doped zinc oxide thin films from alkaline bath (which avoids anodization step for an incorporation oxygen species into deposit) has been carried out at room temperature. Small heat treatment converts these to the oxide phase. The X-ray diffraction studies confirmed the formation of nickel doped zinc oxide thin films with wurtizite crystal structure. The standard and observed&lsquo;d&rsquo; values are comparable</span></p>