Effect of Laser Pulses and Energy on the Structural Properties of ZnO Thin Film Prepared using PLA Technique

Authors

  • Alaa Jabbar Ghazaia
  • Wisam J. Azizb
  • Nedaa Taha Yassenab

Keywords:

ZnO, pulse laser ablation (PLA), laser pulses, laser energy, nanoparticle

Abstract

In this work, zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film has been fabricated on glass substrate using pulse laser ablation (PLA) technique. The effect of laser pulses of 1000, 1500, 2000 pulses at laser energy 700 mJ as well as, laser energy of 600, 700, and 800 mJ at fixed laser pulses of 1500 pulse, with methanol as a solvent on the structural properties of prepared films using XRD, SEM and EDX. XRD results revealed that the ZnO thin films have hexagonal structure with polycrystalline in nature with preferred orientation of (002). Crystalline size was increased to be 2.6, 4.4, and 5.8 nm with the increasing of the pulses of 1000, 1500, and 2000 respectively, and at lowest crystalline size of 2.86 nm with nanostructure like tree leaf have been seemed at energy of 700 mJ and laser pulses of 1500 pulse. In addition, narrow FWHM and no phase change have been observed in all cases. SEM images showed that for all cases the films were homogenous with some island and cluster then cracking started to obtain with the increasing of increase the pulse number. EDX analysis showed that the prepared films were free of defects and contaminations.

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2017-07-04

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Ghazaia, A. J., J. Azizb, W., & Yassenab, N. T. (2017). Effect of Laser Pulses and Energy on the Structural Properties of ZnO Thin Film Prepared using PLA Technique. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 34(2), 166–177. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7658

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