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Title: Effects of polycrystalline GeO2 substrates on the structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnSe thin films
Authors: Qasrawi, Atef$AAUP$Palestinian
Algarani, SabaH$Other$Other
Khusayfan, nAJLA$Other$Palestinian
Keywords: Au/GeO2/ZnSe, band gap, microwave cavity, band pass filters
Issue Date: 27-May-2021
Publisher: Physica Scripta,
Citation: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ac05f3
Series/Report no.: 0031-8949;
Abstract: Herein, the effects of polycrystalline germanium dioxide substrates on the structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of zinc selenide thin films are reported. Thin films of ZnSe coated onto GeO2 are prepared by the thermal evaporation technique under vacuum pressure of 10–5 mbar. Compared to films grown onto glass substrates, ZnSe films deposited onto GeO2 exhibited narrower band gap and improved light absorbability. When ZnSe films are recoated onto gold substrates, the insertion of GeO2 layers between Au and ZnSe shifted the resonance peaks of the capacitance spectra from 527 to 711MHzand formed new peak at 1000MHzmaking the Au/ZnSe interfaces more appropriate for use as microwave cavities and as negative capacitance sources. Analysis of the conductivity spectra in the frequency domain of 10–1800MHzrevealed the domination of quantum mechanical tunneling and correlated barriers hoping of charge carriers in the samples. The fitting of the conductivity spectra assuming combined current conduction by these two mechanisms has shown that GeO2 layers increased the density of state near the Fermi level and shortened the scattering time of charge carriers. The designed Au/GeO2/ZnSe/Cdevices are also found to be suitable as band pass/ stop filters. The notch frequency of these filters is shifted from 1420MHzto 1050MHzas a result of GeO2 participation in the structure of the Au/ZnSe devices.
URI: http://repository.aaup.edu/jspui/handle/123456789/1377
ISSN: https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ac05f3
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