Improving microstructural properties and minimizing crystal imperfectionsof nanocrystalline Cu2O thinfilms of different solution molarities for solarcell applications (16) Improving microstructural properties and minimizing crystal imperfections of nanocrystalline Cu2O thin films of different solution molarities for solar cell applications. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320934775_Improving_microstructural_properties_and_minimizing_crystal_imperfections_of_nanocrystalline_Cu2O_thin_films_of_different_solution_molarities_for_solar_cell_applications [accessed Apr 30 2018].
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing • 2018
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Ahmed Saeed Hassanien, Alaa A. Akl, Safwat A. Mahmouda, S.M. AL-Shomar
الكلمات المفتاحية
Thin films; Spray pyrolysis technique; Nanocrystalline; Crystallography; Microstructural properties; Crystal defects
المجلة العلمية
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
الناشر
Elsevier
المجلد
74
العدد
2018
الصفحات
183–192
publication.type
International
رابط البحث
Open Link
المواد المرفقة
Not Available
الملخص
This article was devoted to synthesis nanocrystalline Cu2O thin films using the spray pyrolysis technique, besides to study the influence of their solution molarity on crystallography, microstructure and crystal defects. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that as-deposited Cu2O films have the amorphous nature but after their annealing at 550 K for two hours they turned to have the polycrystalline cubic structure with a preferred orientation in direction. Williamson-Hall and Scherrer methods were utilized to determine the microstructural parameters using line profile analysis of X-ray diffraction. Obtained results revealed that when the solution molarity was increased from 0.01 to 0.12 M the crystallite size increased from 28.75 to 35.12 and from 16.92 to 26.22 nm, while the microstrain was found to decrease from 2.171 × 10−3 to 0.896 × 10−3 and from 5.321 × 10−3 to 3.699 × 10−3 according to Williamson-Hall and Scherrer methods, respectively. Moreover, increasing of the solution molarity of prepared Cu2O film samples led to reduce the crystal defects, where, the lattice strain, the total internal stress, the interfacial tension and the elastic strain energy were found to decrease. Furthermore, increasing of the solution molarity led also to increase the X-ray mass-density from 6.081 to 6.099 g/cm3^.
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