Synthesis, optical, and morphological studies of ZnO powders and thin films fabricated by wet chemical methods

Robert Szczesny; Aleksandra Scigala; Beata Derkowska-Zielinska; Lukasz Skowronski; Christophe Cassagne; Georges Boudebs; Roman Viter; Edward Szłyk

doi:10.3390/ma13112559

Synthesis, optical, and morphological studies of ZnO powders and thin films fabricated by wet chemical methods

Robert Szczesny^*
, Aleksandra Scigala
, Beata Derkowska-Zielinska
, Lukasz Skowronski
, Christophe Cassagne
, Georges Boudebs
, Roman Viter
, Edward Szłyk

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Université d'Angers

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Abstract

Zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared from Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆ precursor, capped with poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), and annealed at 600 °C. The obtained powders were characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction (PXD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy (IR), thermal analysis (TGA/DTA), and third-order nonlinear (NL) optical measurement. Morphological evaluation byTEMandSEMmeasurements indicated that the precursor micro-particles are ball-shaped structures composed of plates with a thickness of approximately 10 nm. ZnO thin films, as well as ZnO/polymer multilayer layouts, were obtained by wet chemical methods (spin- and dip-coating). Surface topography and morphology of the obtained films were studied by SEM and AFM microscopy. Films with uniformly distributed ZnO plates, due to the erosion of primary micro-particles were formed. The fabricated specimens were also analyzed using a spectroscopic ellipsometry in order to calculate dielectric function and film thickness.

Original language	English
Article number	2559
Journal	Materials
Volume	13
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112559
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

OECD Field of Science

1.3 Physical Sciences

Keywords

Nanoparticles
Optical properties
Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)
Thin films
Wet chemical methods
ZnO

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