B. Sahin

Effect of heat treatment on the properties of Cd(OH)2 and CdO films grown by chemical bath deposition

Nanostructured cadmium hydroxide (Cd(OH)2) thin films have been fabricated on glass substrates by the chemical bath deposition method and converted into cadmium oxide (CdO) films by heat treatments. Some of the films were studied as-grown and the others were annealed in air at 150, 300 and 450 °C. The effects of various annealing processes on the structural, morphological and optical properties of the Cd(OH)2 and CdO films were studied. The band gaps of the films vary from 2.74 eV to 2.32 eV for different annealing temperatures. It was observed that there is a direct dependence of the structural, morphological and optical properties on the annealing temperature of the films. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements showed that as-grown and annealed film at 150 °C fully consist of Cd(OH)2 and the annealed films at 300 and 450 °C consist of CdO nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles, which were calculated from the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) figures by using a pixels program, was found to lie between 460 and 600 nm.

Improved optical performance of CdO films prepared with CTAB as surfactant

The influence of surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) on structural, morphological and optical properties of CdO films has been investigated. Five series of CdO films were successfully prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method with the assistance of CTAB. These CdO films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and UV–vis spectroscopy. The CTAB caused in a decrease in crystallite size but an increase in the optical band gap of CdO films. From the optical investigations, it was observed that the transmittance of the pure film was about 2% and it increased dramatically to 37% for 2 M% CTAB added CdO films at the wavelength of 1100 nm. The results show that the amount of CTAB played an important role in determining the physical properties of the CdO nanostructures.

Influence of manganese concentration and annealing temperatures on the physical properties of CdO films grown by the SILAR method

Undoped and doped Cadmium oxide (CdO) films with different Mn concentrations were prepared on glass substrates by the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method and annealed at two different temperatures. Structural, morphological and optical conditions were performed by XRD, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and UV–vis spectrum measurements. The deposited films were dense and they adhere well to the glass substrates. From the SEM photographs, it was seen that Mn doping concentration and annealing process affect the morphologies of the nanostructures. It was found that the growth process modifies the microstructures of the CdO films. XRD results and UV–vis analysis reveal that the crystal structure and optical band gap of the films could be adjusted by varying the Mn concentration and annealing temperature. The results also indicate that there is a direct dependence of the physical and optical properties of the metal oxide films on doping concentration and annealing process.

A novel approach to enhancement of surface properties of CdO films by using surfactant: dextrin

We studied the effect of an organic surfactant, dextrin, concentration on structural, morphological and optical properties of nanostructured CdO films deposited on glass substrates by using an easy and low-cost SILAR method. Microstructures of the nanostructured CdO films were optimized by adjusting dextrin concentration. XRD, SEM and UV–Vis Spectroscopy were used to study phase structure, surface morphology and optical properties of CdO films. Furthermore, effects of dextrin concentration on the surface roughness characteristics of CdO samples were reported. The results showed that the presence of organic surfactant highly affected the physical properties of CdO nanomaterials.

Facile synthesis of group-I elements (K, Li and Na)-doped nanostructured CdO films

In this study, we report an application of facile and low-cost successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method to investigate nanostructured CdO films. We have tried to enhance some physical properties of nanostructured CdO films by group-I (K, Li and Na) elements doping. The crystal structures, morphology, absorption, transmittance, reflectance behaviour and optical band gap values of CdO films were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy techniques. XRD analysis reveals formation of CdO cubic crystalline structure. From these characterizations, it was seen that there are important distinctions in the structural, morphological and optical properties of undoped and K-, Li- and Na-doped nanostructured CdO films.