Effect of F, Cl and Br doping on electrical properties of sprayed SnO2 films
Effect of F, Cl and Br doping on electrical properties of sprayed SnO2 films
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10.1007/bf00275412
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发表时间:
1996
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C. Agashe;S. Major
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作者:
C. Agashe;S. Major
Thin films of tin dioxide (SnO2) rate very high in performance as a transparent conducting coating [1]. To improve their performance further, these films are doped with a higher valent cation [2, 3] or a lower valent anion [4-7]. Sb and F doped SnO2 films have been studied in detail because these dopants have improved the electro-optical properties of these films considerably. Since all halogens satisfy the basic requirement of lower valent anion to improve the performance of SnO2 films; it was considered interesting to study and compare their effectiveness as a dopant in these films. This will also reveal the importance of ionic size and electronegativity of dopant in affecting the physical properties of the host lattice. Effects of C1, Br and I doping in SnO2 films have been studied by Abass et al.[5-7], with major emphasis on optical properties. With this realization detailed studies on halogen doped SnO2 films were undertaken. The present work is part of this and is concerned with the effect of F, C1 and Br doping on electrical properties of SnO2 films. Iodine doping was not included because the same range of doping (for F, C1, Br up to 120 at%) could not be achieved owing to the solubility limits above-~ 80 at%. The electronic transport properties of the films were investigated using Hall effect measurements. Both undoped and doped SnO2 films were deposited by a spray pyrolysis technique. Undoped films were deposited using a 0.17 M solution of SnC14. 5H20 in deionized water and methanol (volume ratio 1: 9). Films were deposited on soda lime glass substrates at 425 (_+ 5) C. The solution flow rate was 5.5 ml/min. Other process parameters were constant at their optimum values [8]. Dopants were incorporated using corresponding ammonium halides. Doping level'X/Sn'(X: F, C1, Br) in precursor solution was varied from zero to 120 at% in fixed steps.Film thickness was calculated from interference pattern observed in the visible region of'transmission versus wavelength'curves [9]. Spectrophotometric measurements were done using a Shimadzu UV-160A double beam spectrophotometer. Electronic transport properties were determined by performing Hall effect measurements using van der Pauw geometry [10].