Thermal oxidation of tin layers and study of the effect of their annealings on their structural and electrical properties

Laghrib, Souad; Amardjia-Adnani, Hania; Abdi, Djamila; Pelletier, Jean-Marc; Lakhdari, Delloula

doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2011.04.009

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“…Moreover, the roughness of the surface increases when SnO transforms into SnO 2 because of the separation of the spheres. 17) This differs from the continuous and smoother surface of tin oxide thin film obtained when the film is deposited on the SiO 2 or silicon substrate used by the majority of prior researchers. The smoothness for these substrates results from tin diffusion into the SiO 2 layer.…”

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Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Khoiro

Hashishin

Muntini

et al. 2020

J. Ceram. Soc. Japan

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A 250 nm thick pure tin film was deposited on quartz substrates by vacuum evaporation of 99.9% pure tin metal. The films were heated in a two-step annealing sequence for 3 h at 200 and 3 h at 400°C with an electric furnace to decrease their surface roughness. This process transformed the films into tin(II) oxide. Subsequently, the films were annealed at five temperatures for 3 h each: 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1000°C. The crystal structure of the film on the quartz substrate was completely transformed into SnO 2 at 600°C. With the increase of annealing temperature to 1000°C, the size of the lattices appeared to decrease on the thin film. In addition, the annealing process led to the formation of pores on the surface, but the number of pores and the lattices volume decreased with increased annealing temperature. The optical properties of the thin film were characterized by the use of visible spectrophotometry which showed a high refractive index at around 2.082.27. Interestingly, the SnO 2 thin film with the highest refractive index at 2.27, which was obtained at 1000°C, exhibited the lowest Urbach energy. Therefore, the SnO 2 thin film has a high potential for optical applications, especially in dielectric waveguides and solar cells.

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Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Khoiro

Hashishin

Muntini

et al. 2020

J. Ceram. Soc. Japan

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Effect of Sm doping and annealing on magnetic and structural properties of sputter deposited SnO₂ thin films

Lakshmi

Juliet

Sundararaj

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Mater. Res. Express

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Thermal oxidation of tin layers and study of the effect of their annealings on their structural and electrical properties

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Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Effect of Sm doping and annealing on magnetic and structural properties of sputter deposited SnO₂ thin films

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Thermal oxidation of tin layers and study of the effect of their annealings on their structural and electrical properties

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Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Morphological and optical properties of tin oxide nanomaterial thin film deposited using vacuum evaporation

Effect of Sm doping and annealing on magnetic and structural properties of sputter deposited SnO2 thin films

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Effect of Sm doping and annealing on magnetic and structural properties of sputter deposited SnO₂ thin films