Temperature-dependent optical characteristics of sputtered NiO thin films

Terlemezoglu M., Surucu O., Isik M., HASANLI N., PARLAK M.

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, cilt.128, sa.1, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 128 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00339-021-05197-y
  • Dergi Adı: Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, Metadex
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Transparent conductive oxide, Nickel oxide, Thin film, Optical properties
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.In this work, nickel oxide thin films were deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis methods were applied to reveal the structural and morphological properties of sputtered thin films. The XRD pattern of films confirmed the presence of the cubic phase of nickel oxide with the preferential orientation of (200) direction. The surface morphology of thin films was observed as almost uniform and smooth. Optical aspects of sputtered film were studied by employing the room temperature Raman and temperature-dependent transmittance spectroscopy techniques in the range of 10–300 K. Tauc relation and derivative spectroscopy techniques were applied to obtain the band gap energy of the films. In addition, the relation between the band gap energy and the temperature was investigated in detail considering the Varshni optical model. The absolute zero band gap energy, rate of change of band gap energy, and Debye temperature were obtained as 3.57 eV, − 2.77 × 10–4 eV/K and 393 K, respectively.