The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition

In this paper, nanostructured silicon carbide (SiC) thin films are deposited onto glass substrate using pulsed laser deposition technique. Electrical and optical characterizations such as conductivity, resistivity, transmission, Seeback effect, absorption, absorption coefficient, energy band gap, a...

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Autores principales: Mohammed F. Mohammed Sabri, Muhanad A. Ahmed, Wathiq R. Abed
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:57a2df09a8c746cab49cf136113105422021-11-11T02:02:22ZThe Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition10.14500/aro.108522410-93552307-549Xhttps://doaj.org/article/57a2df09a8c746cab49cf136113105422021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://aro.koyauniversity.org/index.php/aro/article/view/852https://doaj.org/toc/2410-9355https://doaj.org/toc/2307-549X In this paper, nanostructured silicon carbide (SiC) thin films are deposited onto glass substrate using pulsed laser deposition technique. Electrical and optical characterizations such as conductivity, resistivity, transmission, Seeback effect, absorption, absorption coefficient, energy band gap, and extinction coefficient as a function of photon energy, and the effect of thin films thickness on transmission are carried out to characterize the prepared samples. Results showed that the prepared SiC thin film is an n-type semiconductor with an indirect bandgap of ~3 eV, 448 nm cutoff wavelength, 3.4395 × 104 cm−1 absorption coefficient and 0.154 extinction coefficient. The surface morphology of the SiC thin films is studied using scanning electron microscope at a substrate temperature of 400 °C and it is found that the grain size of the prepared SiC thin film is about 30 nm. As such, the nano thin films optical and structural characteristics enable the films to be used as gases sensors in many optoelectronic devices such as the environment and ultraviolet photodiode. Mohammed F. Mohammed SabriMuhanad A. AhmedWathiq R. AbedKoya UniversityarticleNanostructurePulsed laser depositionSilicon carbideThin filmAgricultureSTechnologyTScienceQENARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2021)
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topic Nanostructure
Pulsed laser deposition
Silicon carbide
Thin film
Agriculture
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spellingShingle Nanostructure
Pulsed laser deposition
Silicon carbide
Thin film
Agriculture
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Technology
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Science
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Mohammed F. Mohammed Sabri
Muhanad A. Ahmed
Wathiq R. Abed
The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
description In this paper, nanostructured silicon carbide (SiC) thin films are deposited onto glass substrate using pulsed laser deposition technique. Electrical and optical characterizations such as conductivity, resistivity, transmission, Seeback effect, absorption, absorption coefficient, energy band gap, and extinction coefficient as a function of photon energy, and the effect of thin films thickness on transmission are carried out to characterize the prepared samples. Results showed that the prepared SiC thin film is an n-type semiconductor with an indirect bandgap of ~3 eV, 448 nm cutoff wavelength, 3.4395 × 104 cm−1 absorption coefficient and 0.154 extinction coefficient. The surface morphology of the SiC thin films is studied using scanning electron microscope at a substrate temperature of 400 °C and it is found that the grain size of the prepared SiC thin film is about 30 nm. As such, the nano thin films optical and structural characteristics enable the films to be used as gases sensors in many optoelectronic devices such as the environment and ultraviolet photodiode.
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author Mohammed F. Mohammed Sabri
Muhanad A. Ahmed
Wathiq R. Abed
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Muhanad A. Ahmed
Wathiq R. Abed
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title The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
title_short The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
title_full The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
title_fullStr The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
title_full_unstemmed The Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Thin Films Grown by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
title_sort study of optical and electrical properties of nanostructured silicon carbide thin films grown by pulsed-laser deposition
publisher Koya University
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/57a2df09a8c746cab49cf13611310542
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