Abstract
-FeOOH thin films were produced by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) method at pH: 5 onto amorphous glass substrates. Structural properties of -FeOOH thin film were analyzed with X-ray diffraction (XRD). Chemical analysis and surface image of thin film were investigated with EDX, SEM, respectively. Optical properties were investigated via UV-VIS spectrophotometer. -FeOOH (lepidocrocite) crystal is orthorhombic structure and the XRD peak corresponding to the -FeOOH is enhanced to (1 1 1) plane. The allowed direct and allowed indirect optical band gaps (Eg), optical transmission (T%), reflectivity (R%), absorption, refraction index (n), extinction coefficient (k), dielectric constant (ɛ) of the thin film were found to be 2.00 and 1.63 eV, 36.39 %, 24.86 %, 0.43, 2.98, 0.03 and 1.76, respectively..
Keywords
CBD method, Crystal growth, Optical properties, pH, Microstructure.
Citation
O. ÖZDEMİR, F. MEYDANERİ, İ. A. KARİPER, The structural and optical properties of Fe OOH thin film grown with CBD method, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 7-8, July-August 2014, pp.727-732 (2014).
Submitted at: May 31, 2014
Accepted at: July 10, 2014