Experimental and theoretical studies on structural, morphological, electronic, optical and magnetic properties of Zn1-xCuxO thin films
| dc.contributor.author | Elhadj Benrezgua | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bahri Deghfel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abdelhafid Mahroug | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muhamad Kamil Yaakob | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ammar Boukhari | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rabie Amari | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soorathep Kheawhom | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ahmad Azmin Mohamad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-18T09:04:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-18T09:04:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Pure and copper-doped zinc oxide thin films at different contents x (Zn1-xCuxO; 0≤x ≤ 0.125) were synthesized by sol–gel spin coating process and investigated using various techniques. All samples exhibited a polycrystalline with wurtzite hexagonal phase, which wasn't altered and getting relaxed by Cu-doping. The grain size increased and changed its growth mode from c-axis growth to lateral one and the surface morphology was strongly influenced with increasing level of Cu doping. As x increased, the transparency of films was generally increased in the visible region and the band gap energy (Eg) presented a slight shrinking, indicating that the prepared films are suitable for use in opto-electronic applications. Ferromagnetic phase was adopted within density functional theory corrected by Hubbard method (DFT+LDA+U) to investigate the structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of pure and CZO structure. The closest Cu impurities gave the more stable configuration. Cu3d states were distributed around Fermi level inducing a major contribution to the magnetic moment. A mix of ionic and covalent bonding was remarked. DFT + LDA + U enhanced significantly the calculated Eg, which presented a narrowing with x. The imaginary part of the dielectric functions presented three main peaks and their static constants were slightly influenced by Cu doping. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.univ-msila.dz:8080//xmlui/handle/123456789/25085 | |
| dc.subject | Copper-doped zinc oxide thin films Density functional theory Ferromagnetic phase Sol-gel technique Spin coating method LDA+U approach | en_US |
| dc.title | Experimental and theoretical studies on structural, morphological, electronic, optical and magnetic properties of Zn1-xCuxO thin films | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |