Transparent conductive ZnO thin films grown by chemical spray pyrolysis: the effect of Mg

Influence of the aqueous solution composition on the morphology of Zn1−xMgxO films deposited by spray pyrolysis

“…Among them, the ultrasonic atomizing system has been proven to be precise, controllable and repeatable. 29 Zn 1Àx Mg x O films deposited by spray pyrolysis have been reported frequently, 15,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] but in the majority of the reports toxic or flammable solvents, such as methanol [30][31][32] or ethanol, 15,34,35 are used. Studies on water-based solutions are rare.…”

“…Studies on water-based solutions are rare. 36,37,40,41 Moreover, due to the unfavorable properties of water as a solvent in spray pyrolysis (such as strong hydrogen bonds and a high boiling point), 27 temperatures above 4400 1C are commonly employed. 36,37 Among the studies using water-based solutions and temperatures below 400 1C, none achieved Mg incorporation larger than 10 mol%.…”

Comparative study for seed layer solvent effects on structural and optical properties of MgZnO thin films deposited by chemical bath deposition technique

“…The reason was wrinkled free seed layer surface with c-axis preferred orientation, better optical quality and c-axis orientation of MgZnO nanorods as revealed by XRD and SEM study. The c-axis orientation is useful for optical properties [11,21]. The transmittance for 2ME sample attained maximum value of 90% near IR region indicated that this sample film is useful for many optoelectronic applications.…”

“…There exist a number of different methods to synthesize the MgZnO films to improve the optical properties [10,11]. In order to achieve controlled ZnO morphological growth, methods like chemical vapor deposition (CVD) [12], pulse laser deposition (PLD) [13], spray pyrolysis [14], sol-gel method [15] and chemical bath deposition (CBD) [16,17] are already in use by researchers.…”

Porous Zinc Oxide Thin Films: Synthesis Approaches and Applications

“…In this case, doping can be achieved by simply including an additional doping precursor within the synthesis solution, such as aluminum chloride, tin chloride and silver nitrate. This approach was explored to successfully dope porous ZnO with various elements, including Al [67,68], Sn [69], Ag [70], Na [71], Mg [72] and many others [73,74]. Similarly to pristine ZnO, the resulting doped structures were found to be highly promising in view of gas sensors fabrication, especially for ammonia and H 2 S detection.…”