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S. A. MAKHLOUF1,* , M. A. KASSEM1, M. A. ABDEL-RAHIM1
Nickel oxide films with different crystallite size were obtained by post annealing of Ni(OH)2 films in air at 523–673 K. The structure, surface morphology and thickness of the as-deposited and annealed films were investigated using XRD, FTIR spectroscopy and SEM. The crystallite size was found to increase with increasing the annealing temperature. Optical absorption study in 200–900 nm wavelength range reveals high absorption for wavelengths less than 400 nm in the UV and visible range. The UV absorption edge of NiO nanostructured films show shorter wavelength-shift that increases with increasing the crystallite size. NiO films exhibit optical transition by both direct and indirect allowed transitions. Direct and indirect optical energy gaps were calculated and found to decrease from 3.25 to 2.87 eV and 3.84 to 3.62 eV respectively; while the width of the localized states increases from 0.306 to 0.586 eV with decreasing the crystallite size from 23.4 to 5.7 nm.
Nickel oxide, Nanostructured films, Optical properties.
S. A. MAKHLOUF, M. A. KASSEM, M. A. ABDEL-RAHIM, Crystallite size-dependent optical properties of nanostructured NiO films, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 10, October 2010, pp.1562-1567 (2010).
Submitted at: Aug. 5, 2010
Accepted at: Oct. 14, 2010
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications
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