JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effect of Annealing Temperature on NiO/ZnO Heterojunction Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Method

Abstract

In this research, NiO/ZnO heterojunction thin films were fabricated on a ITO substrate by a sol–gel technique. The as-prepared thin films were annealed at various temperatures. The effect of annealing temperature on structural, surface morphology and electrical properties of thin films was investigated by XRD, FESEM and I-V characteristic measurement. The XRD results revealed that NiO/ZnO thin film was polycrystalline and exhibited better crystallization when annealing temperature was increased. The current-voltage curve of all sample exhibited the diode behaviour.

Keywords:
Materials science Thin film Non-blocking I/O Annealing (glass) Crystallite Heterojunction Crystallization Sol-gel Chemical engineering Optoelectronics Analytical Chemistry (journal) Composite material Nanotechnology Metallurgy Catalysis Chemistry

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