Abstract
In this study, optical properties of Cu-doped Zinc-Borate glassy thin films (GTFZs) were investigated. The glassy thin films of bulk glasses were grown onto SiO2 substrates with argon gas plasma under vacuum with RF sputtering technique. As a result of XRD analysis of obtained glassy thin films, they are observed to have amorphous structure. From absorbance and transmission data obtained from Uv-Vis spectra of thin films, optical band gaps for direct and indirect transitions and also Urbach energies were calculated. Not only the fundamental absorption edge and cut-off wavelength shift towards red with the increase in V2O5 content, but also ZnO narrows the optical band gaps.
Keywords
Vanadium, Borate, Glass, Thin film, Semiconductors.
Citation
G. KILIC, S. PAT, M. Z. BALBAG, S. TEMEL, S. KORKMAZ, N. EKEM, Optical band gap studies on Cu-doped Zinc-Borate glassy thin films, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 11, November 2010, pp.1705-1708 (2010).
Submitted at: Oct. 4, 2010
Accepted at: Nov. 10, 2010