{"title":"Physical Properties of Semiconductor TCO-SnO2:F Thin Film","authors":"H. Miranda, E. Ching-Prado","doi":"10.1109/IESTEC46403.2019.00027","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A thin film of SnO2:F (FTO) semiconductor was deposited on a glass substrate using the spray pyrolysis technique. In the sample preparation, a solution of tin dichloride SnCl2·2H2O to which was added ammonium fluoride (0.15 wt. NH4F) was used in order to improve its optical and electrical properties. The films were deposited at a temperature of 475°C. A semiautomated deposition equipment allowed controlling the deposition process. The XRD study revealed that the film is polycrystalline in nature with a cassiterite type structure. The existence of microcrystals with an apparent size of 42.54 ± 0.8 nm and residual microtension in the percentage of 0.10323 ± 0.0028 was observed. The morphological study (SEM) revealed a compact and homogeneous substrate coating. The optical transmittance average in the visible region was 81.3%. The use of the Drude-Lorentz model showed that the film thickness and the optical band gap energy are 516 nm and 4.16 eV, respectively. Finally, the thermal characterization suggested that ρ practically does not change, showing a constant value of 1.56 x 10-3 Ω-cm in the temperature range of 0 to 130 ° C.","PeriodicalId":388062,"journal":{"name":"2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2019 7th International Engineering, Sciences and Technology Conference (IESTEC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IESTEC46403.2019.00027","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A thin film of SnO2:F (FTO) semiconductor was deposited on a glass substrate using the spray pyrolysis technique. In the sample preparation, a solution of tin dichloride SnCl2·2H2O to which was added ammonium fluoride (0.15 wt. NH4F) was used in order to improve its optical and electrical properties. The films were deposited at a temperature of 475°C. A semiautomated deposition equipment allowed controlling the deposition process. The XRD study revealed that the film is polycrystalline in nature with a cassiterite type structure. The existence of microcrystals with an apparent size of 42.54 ± 0.8 nm and residual microtension in the percentage of 0.10323 ± 0.0028 was observed. The morphological study (SEM) revealed a compact and homogeneous substrate coating. The optical transmittance average in the visible region was 81.3%. The use of the Drude-Lorentz model showed that the film thickness and the optical band gap energy are 516 nm and 4.16 eV, respectively. Finally, the thermal characterization suggested that ρ practically does not change, showing a constant value of 1.56 x 10-3 Ω-cm in the temperature range of 0 to 130 ° C.