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Effects of surface morphology on the optical and electrical properties of Schottky diodes of CBD deposited ZnO nanostructures
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Publication Details Author list: Benard S. Mwankemwa, Shadrach Akinkuade, Kelebogile Maabong, Jackie M. Nel, Mmantsae Diale Publisher: ScienceDirect Publication year: 2018 Journal: Physica B: Condensed Matter Volume number: 535 Start page: 175 End page: 180 Number of pages: 6 ISSN: 0921-4526 URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921452617304283 Languages: English |
We report on effect of surface morphology on the optical and electrical properties of chemical bath deposited Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures. ZnO nanostructures were deposited on the seeded conducting indium doped tin oxide substrate positioned in three different directions in the growth solution. Field emission scanning electron microscopy was used to evaluate the morphological properties of the synthesized nanostructures and revealed that the positioning of the substrate in the growth solution affects the surface morphology of the nanostructures. The optical absorbance, photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy of the resulting nanostructures are discussed. The electrical characterization of the Schottky diode such as barrier height, ideality factor, rectification ratios, reverse saturation current and series resistance were found to depend on the nanostructures morphology. In addition, current transport mechanism in the higher forward bias of the Schottky diode was studied and space charge limited current was found to be the dominant transport mechanism in all samples.
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