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  • Nanocrystalline ZnO films on amorphous substrates from zinc naphthenate 
  • Kyu-Seog Hwanga, Young-Sun Jeona, Bo-An Kanga, Jun-Hyung Anb and Byung-Hoon Kimb,*
  • a Department of Applied Optics and Institute of Photoelectronic Technology, Nambu University, 864-1 Wolgye-dong, Gwangsangu, Gwangju 506-824, Korea b Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500- 757, Korea
Abstract
Nanocrystalline zinc oxide thin films were prepared on silica glass and soda-lime-silica substrates from a zinc naphthenate precursor. Films pyrolyzed at 500oC for 10 minutes were annealed for 30 minutes in air at 600 oC. A field emission scanning electron microscope and an atomic force microscope were used for characterizing the surface morphology and the surface roughness of the ZnO film. A sharp absorption edge of the ZnO film on the silica glass substrate was observed, while it was difficult to obtain an exact result from the ZnO on soda-lime-silica glass.

Keywords: ZnO film, zinc naphthenate, absorption edge

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  • 2004; 5(4): 313-315

    Published on Dec 31, 2004