Chemical spray deposition of zinc oxide nanostructured layers from zinc acetate solutions

✍ Scribed by Dedova, T. ;Klauson, J. ;Badre, C. ;Pauporté, Th. ;Nisumaa, R. ;Mere, A. ;Volobujeva, O. ;Krunks, M.

• Book ID: 105364919
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 775 KB
• Volume: 205
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0031-8965
• DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200779440

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Zinc oxide (ZnO) films were deposited by chemical spray from zinc acetate aqueous solutions using continuous and pulsed spray modes. ZnO films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical transmittance, and water contact angle (CA) measurements. ZnO films with highly structured surfaces comprising nanoneedles or nanorods with root mean square roughness (Sq) up to 60 nm were grown using the continuous spray mode. Doping with In or using pulsed spray mode leads to smoother ZnO surfaces with Sq of 20 nm. The optical transmittance of the film is controlled by its surface morphology and internal scattering. Water contact angle measurements reveal that as‐sprayed ZnO films with nanoneedle or nanorod‐like crystals on the surface are hydrophilic with CA ∼10°. Structured surfaces become hydrophobic with CA ∼134° after treatment with stearic acid. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)