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Complexing agent triethanolamine mediated synthesis of nanocrystalline CuO thin films at room temperature via SILAR technique
摘要： In the present work, nanostructured cupric oxide (CuO) thin films have been successfully deposited on glass substrates by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) technique at room temperature. The influence of complexing agent as triethanolamine (TEA) on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical characteristics of nanocrystalline CuO thin films have been examined in detail. Structural studies confirm that all the films were polycrystalline nature having a monoclinic crystalline form and displayed (111) and (111) preferential orientations. The estimated crystallite values ranged from 17.47 to 19.95 nm. The surface morphology of CuO thin films was examined through scanning electron microscopy and materials microscope studies. Surface studies revealed that homogeneously distributed CuO nanostructures on the film surfaces. The optical studies showed that band gap energy values of the CuO thin films were increased from 1.33 to 2.00 eV as a function of increasing TEA concentration. Meanwhile, the average transmittance of all the films had increased from 2.5 to 42.5% with the increasing TEA concentration. FTIR studies identified the formation of single phase CuO and chemical bonding of the complexing agent. The resistivity value of CuO thin film synthesized without TEA was 3.74 × 10^5 Ω.cm and the resistivity consequently increased to 509 × 10^5 Ω.cm with TEA concentration of 1.0 M%. A high figure of merit (786×10^{-12} Ω^{-1}) was obtained for complexing agent concentration of 0.25 M%.
关键词： SILAR,Surfactant,TEA,CuO thin film
更新于2025-10-24 16:32:58
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Thermal evolution of morphological, structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of CuO thin films
摘要： Nanostructured CuO thin films were synthesized by thermal evaporation and annealing. Structural, optical and morphological changes in the CuO film upon annealing and their overall impact on its photocatalytic activity were investigated employing X-ray diffraction, UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Significant modifications in the morphological, optical, structural and photocatalytic behavior of nanostructured CuO thin film were observed upon thermal annealing. Thermal annealing led to the growth of CuO nanoparticles and the average size of CuO nanoparticles increased from 23 nm to 293 nm as the annealing temperature was increased to 600oC. CuO thin film sample annealed at 400 ? C exhibited superior photocatalytic activities over other samples for the degradation of malachite green and methylene blue dyes in 120 and 160 min, respectively. The improved photocatalytic behavior of CuO thin film annealed at 400 ? C is attributed to its narrower band gap, improved utilization of sunlight and enhanced adsorption of dye due to increased surface area arising from formation of CuO nanoparticles and their aggregates at the surface.
关键词： Methylene blue,CuO,Thin film,Photocatalysis,Malachite green
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52