Varying electrical and dielectric properties of Ni:SnO2 films by MWCNTs and GNPs coating

SARF F., Er I. K., Ajjaq A., ÇAĞIRTEKİN A. O., YAKAR E., ACAR S.

PHYSICA SCRIPTA, cilt.97, sa.2, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 97 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1402-4896/ac4943
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICA SCRIPTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: SnO2, Ni doping, electrical characterization, nanocarbon coating, REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE, SNO2 NANOPARTICLES, DOPING CONCENTRATION, CARBON MATERIALS, NANOCOMPOSITES, STORAGE, TEMPERATURE, COMPOSITE, ANODE, FABRICATION
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this research, pure SnO2 and Ni-doped SnO2 (Ni:SnO2) nanocomposite films were produced by chemical bath deposition method and the latter were coated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Ni:SnO2/MWCNTs) or graphene nanoplatelets (Ni:SnO2/GNPs) by spin coating. All samples have tetragonal rutile SnO2 structure with the presence of carbon (002) peak in MWCNTs- or GNPs-coated films. Crystallite size of SnO2 films decreased remarkably with Ni doping followed by a slight decrease with MWCNTs coating and slight increase with GNPs coating. Scanning electron microscope images manifested a dispersed agglomerative nature of SnO2 nanoparticles which reduced especially with MWCNTs coating due to the porous surface provided by carbon nanotubes. From the photoluminescence measurements, oxygen defects-related peaks were spotted in the SnO2-based structures with different luminescence intensities. The most significant decrease in resistance was observed with the addition of GNPs into Ni-doped SnO2 nanocomposites compared to the other produced films mainly due to the synergetic effect that promotes excellent charge transfer between surfaces of Ni:SnO2 and graphene nanosheet. The huge increase in conductivity of GNPs-coated films led to a huge increase in dielectric losses and this followed by a drop down of dielectric constant of the GNPs-coated films.