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Lith. J. Phys. 57, 218–224 (2017)


INFLUENCE OF ANNEALING AND OPTICAL AGING ON OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF ZnO THIN FILMS OBTAINED BY SILAR METHOD
Çağlar Dumana and Harun Güneyb
aElectrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Erzurum Technical University, 25700 Yakutiye, Erzurum, Turkey
bCentral Application and Research Laboratory (MERLAB), Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Erzurum Yolu, 04100 Agri, Turkey
caglarduman@erzurum.edu.tr; hguney@agri.edu.tr

Received 7 May 2017; revised 21 June 2017; accepted 20 September 2017

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films are deposited on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates by using a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. One of the samples is not annealed and others are annealed at 200, 400 and 600 °C, and all the samples are aged under ultraviolet (UV) light for 19 h.
These samples are used to investigate the effect of annealing and aging on the properties of ZnO. Structural properties of the ZnO thin films are examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Photoluminescence, transmittance and absorption measurements are used to observe the optical properties of the films. In the literature, there is no study investigating the effect of aging on ZnO thin films deposited with the SILAR method, hence this study fills the gap in the literature.
Keywords: ZnO thin film, annealing, aging, SILAR
PACS: 71.55.Gs, 74.62.Bf, 77.55.hf, 78.20-e

FEMTOSEKUNDINIO SUPERKONTINUUMO GENERAVIMAS PLAČIOS APERTŪROS KONDENSUOTOSE TERPĖSE
Çağlar Dumana, Harun Güneyb

aErzurumo technikos universitetas, Erzurumas, Turkija
bAhro Ibrahimo Ceceno universitetas, Ahras, Turkija


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