期刊
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T
卷 9, 期 5, 页码 10624-10634出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.07.086
关键词
Optical sensing; Hydrogen; Room-temperature; Absorbance; ZnO thin films; RF magnetron sputtering
资金
- Universiti Putra Malaysia [9457700, 9456800]
- Malaysia's Ministry of Education(Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) [5524429, 5540050]
- Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS) [5527188]
- MyBrain 15
Using the radiofrequency (RF) magnetron sputtering method, zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were optimized for the optical hydrogen gas sensor at 27 degrees C. To generate optically controlled thin films, the following parameters have been optimized: argon/oxygen (Ar/O-2), RF power, gas concentration and deposition time. As a result, ZnO thin films optimized at 4 % of O-2, 150 W RF and 180 min gas concentration. This work focused on the effect of deposition parameters that included deposition time, RF power, argon/oxygen (Ar/O-2) gas percentage, and annealing condition on thin-film thickness, surface roughness, crystal phase, phonon modes, and optical bandgap. From the physical characterization, we found that the formed product is crystalline in nature (powdered XRD) and Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) analysis provided the surface functionality and bonding, while the UV-vis spectroscopy for the optical properties. AFM images show that the surface roughness is varying from 18.9 to 89.83 nm. The gas sensing mechanism of the RF-sputtered ZnO thin film was based on the surface reaction between adsorbed oxygen and the H-2 gas where more oxygen was chemisorbed in the form of O-2(-), O-, and O-2(-) by ZnO thin film. The calculated molar absorptivity, e increased with the increase of RMS surface roughness whereby relatively high surface roughness is better to optically absorb H-2 gas. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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