The Use of Additives to Control the Morphology of Thin Films Synthesized Using Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition

Single step route to highly transparent, conductive and hazy aluminium doped zinc oxide films

“…The AACVD technique has demonstrated facility for the formation of ZnO nanomaterials with precise microstructure control through the incorporation of either organic additives or dopants. [19][20][21] For instance, McNally et al rst presented a series of modication of ZnO lms by using various amounts of cationic surfactants, such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetraoctylammonium bromide, which gave rise to control of both crystalline orientation and morphologies by varying the concentration of the surfactants rather than the typical method of changing limited reaction parameters such as substrate temperature and solute concentration. 22 Furthermore, Chen et al also reported an AACVD route involving acetic acid as an additive to modify ZnO thin lms, grown on textured FTO substrates.…”