Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Full Length Research Paper

Cluster-assembled ZnO films prepared by electrochemical deposition on copper substrate

  Sucheewan Krobthong1, Auttasit Tubtimtae1, Chawalit Bhoomanee2, Supab Choopun2, Suphadate Sujinapram1 and Sutthipoj Sutthana1*
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand. 2Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiangmai 50200, Thailand.
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  •  Published: 17 December 2012

Abstract

Cluster-assembled ZnO films were synthesized by using electrochemical deposition technique with various reaction times. Zinc nitrate dissolved in de-ionized water was used as a precursor of ZnO film. The as-synthesized cluster-assembled ZnO films were performed on a copper plate used as a substrate at room temperature. The stabilized high electric field of 4 kV/m was applied in the process. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) was used to characterize the film morphology. The FE-SEM micrographs showed that the surface morphologies of ZnO films are clustered-like structures with aggregated nascent particles when the reaction time was increased. An energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was used to monitor the films composition, consists of Zn and O with contamination-free composition and an x-ray diffractometry (XRD) showed the x-ray signal patterns of ZnO film incorporating hexagonal wurtzite crystal structures.

 

Key words: Cluster-assembled ZnO films, copper substrate, electrochemical deposition.