Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Deposition of SDS Surfactant Assisted Copper Oxide Thin Films

Iqbal Singh*, Taminder Singh**
*-** Department of Physics, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India.
Periodicity:May - July'2014
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.9.4.2744

Abstract

In this paper an attempt has been made to study the impact of surfactant on the properties of the ultrasonically spray deposited CuO films. An aqueous solution of cupric nitrate trihydrate (Cu(NO ) .3H O) modified with Sodium Dodecyl 3 2 2 Sulphate (SDS) surfactant is used to deposit CuO films on glass substrate by Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique. The X'Pert Panlytical Diffractometer was employed for the phase identification of the films using Cu Kα radiation (λ = 1.5405 Å, 30mA, 40 kV) in 2θ range from 30-80°. The Field Emission Scanning Electron Micrographs (FESEM) and EDAX (Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-rays) spectrum were recorded on JEOL JSM-6700F Scanning Electron Microscope with a beam voltage of 30 kV. The depth profiler (Dektek 3030 XT) was employed for monitoring the film thickness and was found to be 400 ± 20 nm. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) studies of the films deposited at various substrate temperatures indicate the formation of monoclinic CuO with preferential orientation along the(002) plane for all samples. Surfactant modified films showed an increase in crystallite size of 35 nm at substrate temperature of 300 °C. The Scanning Electron Micrograph (FESEM) confirms the uniform distribution of facets like grains on the entire area of substrate. The results obtained in this study illustrate that SDS modified films show a significant reduction in the particle agglomeration thereby increasing the surface to volume ratio which in turn improves their sensing performance.

Keywords

Anionic Surfactant, Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Technique, Monoclinic Cuo.

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, I., and Singh, T. (2014). Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Deposition of SDS Surfactant Assisted Copper Oxide Thin Films . i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 9(4), 17-23. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.9.4.2744

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