CADMIUM-DOPED Co3O4 THIN FILMS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Cherifa Dalache, Hadj Benhebal, Bedhiaf Benrabah, Aek Ammari, Abdelmalek Kharroubi and Abdelhak Lakhal
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Cherifa Dalache: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria
Hadj Benhebal: #x2020;Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria
Bedhiaf Benrabah: #x2021;Laboratory of Physical Engineering, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria
Aek Ammari: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria
Abdelmalek Kharroubi: #x2021;Laboratory of Physical Engineering, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria
Abdelhak Lakhal: #x2021;Laboratory of Physical Engineering, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of Matter, University of Tiaret, Algeria

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2019, vol. 26, issue 01, 1-9

Abstract: This paper contains the results of the structural and spectroscopic characterizations of undoped and Cadmium-doped cobalt oxide thin films with different Co/Cd molar ratios (3%, 5%, 7% and 9%). The nanosized undoped and cadmium-doped Co3O4 thin layers were prepared using sol–gel process and deposited on glass substrates by dip coating. The changes caused by the incorporation of cadmium at different levels of doping have been highlighted by the techniques UV–Visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, SEM coupled EDX and impedance spectroscopy. From the UV–Vis spectroscopy analysis, it was found that all the films are two direct bandgap energies. The optical transmittance and the bandgap energy decrease with increase in Cd concentration. The XRD spectra confirm the films were polycrystalline with a cubic spinel structure. The results of the impedance spectroscopy show that the equivalent circuit of the synthesized samples is an RC parallel circuit.

Keywords: TCOs; Co3O4; Cd; thin films; dip-coating; spinel type structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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