Crystallographic, Spectroscopic and Electrical Study of ZnO:CdO Nanocomposite-Coated Films for Photovoltaic Applications

Synthesis and Characterization of Sol–Gel Screen Printed Zn:CdO (ZCO) Film for Optoelectronic Technologies

“…The dislocation density and micro strain of the film was computed using the below equations. [ 9 ] $$$$\begin{equation}\delta = \frac{1}{{{D^2}}}\end{equation}$$$$ $$$$\begin{equation}\varepsilon = \frac{{\beta \cos \theta }}{4}\end{equation}$$$$…”

“…The linear behavior of the Arrhenius plot in this study point out that conduction in the film is due to thermally activated process. [9] The activation energy (E a ) of the film can be intended using the formula:…”

A comparative study of micro‐ and nano‐ZnO films fabricated by sol‐gel syringe spray method

“…6,7 So for great effort has been made to improve the structural, optical, and electrical properties of ZnO films through a diversity of material synthesis methods, annealing, doping, substrate, and processing. Up to now, various researchers have prepared ZnO films of high quality of different techniques such as pulsed laser deposition (PLD), 8 chemical vapor deposition (CVD), 9 molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), 10 magnetron sputtering, 11 spray pyrolysis, 12 screen printing, 13 and sol-gel. 14 Out of these, sol-gel syringe method has many advantages with respect to others.…”

Realization of ZnCdO Coated Films: Under Laser Irradiation

“…10 Since CdO has lower band gap (2.38 eV) than that of ZnO, this lowering of band gap is to fall in the visible region which extends the detection from near UV to visible region. The addition of CdO into ZnO matrix brings variation in the different properties of material as studied by Zargar et al 11 Further, it is interesting to observe the degree of changes in the different properties of ZnCdO composite coated films upon laser irradiation.Various researchers have prepared ZnCdO thin films by different techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy 12 , electro-deposition 13 , sol-gel 14 , spray pyrolysis 15 and screen printing. 16 In comparison to other techniques, Screen printing is considered as one of the scalable printing techniques and is used to deposit materials onto large-area substrates with requies less time for fabrication.…”

“…16 In comparison to other techniques, Screen printing is considered as one of the scalable printing techniques and is used to deposit materials onto large-area substrates with requies less time for fabrication. 11 The advantage of its simplicity, scalability and environmentfriendly process, shows tremendous potential for fabrication of electronic devices at very low cost. To the best of my knowledge screen printed laser irradiated ZnCdO films have not been reported so for.…”