Analysis of the Synthesis of ZnO Thin Films Under Various Aging and Spin Coating Parameters
Mentor 1
Nidal Abu-Zahra
Location
Union Wisconsin Room
Start Date
28-4-2017 1:30 PM
End Date
28-4-2017 4:00 PM
Description
Organic solar cells have yet to reach the market due to their susceptibility to environmental degradation. A countermeasure to degradation is to utilize a protective thin film made of transparent Indium-tin oxide (ITO). Due to the toxicity and scarcity of Indium, Zinc oxide has been researched as a replacement for ITO. Previous methods of creating thin films resulted in energy intensive, and time consuming processes. Our research has utilized sol-gel method of the synthesis for producing ZnO thin coats, which implies a faster, low energy deposition method with the potential to lead to the development of improved industrial processing of thin film materials. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of aging time of the sol-gel and spin coating parameters to optimize the electrical and optical properties of ZnO thin films.
Analysis of the Synthesis of ZnO Thin Films Under Various Aging and Spin Coating Parameters
Union Wisconsin Room
Organic solar cells have yet to reach the market due to their susceptibility to environmental degradation. A countermeasure to degradation is to utilize a protective thin film made of transparent Indium-tin oxide (ITO). Due to the toxicity and scarcity of Indium, Zinc oxide has been researched as a replacement for ITO. Previous methods of creating thin films resulted in energy intensive, and time consuming processes. Our research has utilized sol-gel method of the synthesis for producing ZnO thin coats, which implies a faster, low energy deposition method with the potential to lead to the development of improved industrial processing of thin film materials. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of aging time of the sol-gel and spin coating parameters to optimize the electrical and optical properties of ZnO thin films.
