Optical, Structural, and Crystal Defects Characterizations of Dip Synthesized (Fe-Ni) Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films

Alsaad, Ahmad M.; Ahmad, Ahmad A.; Al-Bataineh, Qais M.; Bani-Salameh, Areen A.; Abdullah, Hadeel S.; Qattan, Issam A.; Albataineh, Zaid M.; Telfah, Ahmad D.

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Optical, Structural, and Crystal Defects Characterizations of Dip Synthesized (Fe-Ni) Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films

Ahmad M. Alsaad

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Ahmad A. Ahmad

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Qais M. Al-Bataineh

Areen A. Bani-Salameh

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Department of Physical Sciences, Jordan University of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan

Department of Physics, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi 127788, UAE

Department of Electronic Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan

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Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany

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Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (HMCSR), the Jordan University, Amman 11942, Jordan

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Materials 2020, 13(7), 1737; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071737

Received: 15 February 2020 / Revised: 27 March 2020 / Accepted: 31 March 2020 / Published: 8 April 2020

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)

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Sol-gel technique is used to synthesize as-grown zinc oxide (ZnO) and iron-nickel (Fe-Ni) co-doped ZnO thin films deposited on glass substrates using dip coating technique. The structural properties and crystal imperfections of as-prepared thin films are investigated. We performed the structural analysis of films using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD analysis reveal that the as-prepared films exhibit wurtzite structure. Furthermore, XRD-line profile analysis is performed to study the correlation between structural properties and imperfections of the nanocomposite thin films. The crystallite size and microstrains parameters are predicted using the Williamson–Hall method. We found that the crystallites size increases as the co-doped (Fe-Ni) concentration is increased. However, microstrains of the nanocomposite films decreases as (Fe-Ni) concentration is increased. The optical properties of the (Fe-Ni) co-doped nanocomposite films are investigated by performing UV-Vis (250 nm–700 nm) spectrophotometer measurements. We found that as the (Fe-Ni) concentration level is steadily increased, transmittance of the undoped ZnO thin films is decreased. Remarkably, refractive index of undoped ZnO thin films is found to exhibit values extending from 1.55 to1.88 that would increase as (Fe-Ni) concentration is increased. View Full-Text

Keywords: optical properties; structural properties; crystal defects; dip coating technique; (Fe-Ni) co-doped ZnO thin films

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Alsaad, A.M.; Ahmad, A.A.; Al-Bataineh, Q.M.; Bani-Salameh, A.A.; Abdullah, H.S.; Qattan, I.A.; Albataineh, Z.M.; Telfah, A.D. Optical, Structural, and Crystal Defects Characterizations of Dip Synthesized (Fe-Ni) Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films. Materials 2020, 13, 1737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071737

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Alsaad AM, Ahmad AA, Al-Bataineh QM, Bani-Salameh AA, Abdullah HS, Qattan IA, Albataineh ZM, Telfah AD. Optical, Structural, and Crystal Defects Characterizations of Dip Synthesized (Fe-Ni) Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films. Materials. 2020; 13(7):1737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071737

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Alsaad, Ahmad M., Ahmad A. Ahmad, Qais M. Al-Bataineh, Areen A. Bani-Salameh, Hadeel S. Abdullah, Issam A. Qattan, Zaid M. Albataineh, and Ahmad D. Telfah. 2020. "Optical, Structural, and Crystal Defects Characterizations of Dip Synthesized (Fe-Ni) Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films" Materials 13, no. 7: 1737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071737

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