ABSTRACT: Thin films of Zinc Oxide nonostructures have been prepared by simple method and using spin coating technique deposited on ITO glass substrate. The study used different molars of zinc acetate 0.1 ,0.2 ,0.3 ,0.4 ,0.5 ,0.6 ,0.7 ,0.8 ,0.9 and1.0. The optical properties; including absorption coefficient, refractive index and energy bandgap were investigated by means of absorption, transmittance and reflectance spectra. Although, the refractive index has uncharacteristic behavior in the wavelength at the range 306 - 344 nm, the result showed the average value of refractive index for all samples is equal to 2.159. Also, the result confirmed that the nanostructure with concentration of 1.0 molar has lowest energy bandgap 3.44 eV and this may leed to highest coductivity comparing with other concentrations. This entire advantage make ZnO nanostrucures syntheised with 1.0 moalr of zinc acetate have wide range for solar cell applications.....
Keyword: ITO glass substrate, thin film , nanostructures, Optical properties.
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